barn door

• Большая дверь на амбаре, часто раздвижная или на петлях, используемая для доступа. Также используется в переносном смысле во фразе «закрывать дверь амбара после того, как лошадь убежала», что означает предпринимать превентивные меры слишком поздно.

A large door on a barn, often sliding or hinged, used for access. Also used figuratively in the phrase 'close the barn door after the horse has bolted,' meaning to take preventive action too late.

1. Large sliding doorA2formal

   A large, often sliding door used to close the entrance of a barn.

   Большая раздвижная дверь

   • The farmer slid the barn door shut before the storm.
   • The old barn door creaked loudly in the wind.
   • He painted the barn door a bright red color.

2. Missed target (idiom)B2informalamerican

   Used in the phrase 'can't hit the broad side of a barn door' to describe someone who is a very poor shot.

   Промахнуться (идиома)

   • He's such a bad shot, he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door.
   • The archer missed the target completely; he couldn't hit a barn door.
   • Don't let him shoot; he can't hit a barn door from ten feet away.