catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route

To shut the stable door when the steed is stolen.

亡羊补牢，贼去关门。

It is too late to shut the stalbe door when the steed is stolen.

失马锁厩，为时已晚；贼去关门，为时已迟。

After Sue failed the examination, she said she would study hard after that. She wanted to lock the barn door after the horse was stolen.

苏考试不及格以后才说从此一定用功读书。贼去关门，太晚啦。

The jeweller had been burgled twice in a year before he decided to install extra security devices, but it was a case of locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.

这个珠宝商一年内被偷窃两次后才决定安装特别的保险装置，这是一个贼去关门的事例。

Shut the stable door when the horse is stolen.

〔谚语〕贼走关门。

The thief slipped out (by the back door).

那个贼偷偷（从後门）溜出去了.

In practice, closed-doorism is the faithful servant of the Japanese imperialists and the traitors and collaborators.

关门主义在实际上是日本帝国主义和汉奸卖国贼的忠顺的奴仆。

The thieves had smashed the door in.

窃贼们把门向里撞倒。

The thieves broke in and stole the money

贼破门而入把钱偷走了。

There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it.

知识是财富，盗贼偷不去。

He went out, closing the door behind him.

他走出去，随手把门关上。

He knew none of the tricks for stealing, and anyway, thieves had their own gangs and larcenous ways.

作贼，他也没那套本事，贼人也有团体与门路

She shaved the bottom of the door to make it close properly.

她把门的底部刨去一层，使门能关紧。

We definitely want no closed-doorism,what we want is the revolutionary national united front, which will spell death to the Japanese imperialists and the traitors and collaborators.

我们一定不要关门主义，我们要的是制日本帝国主义和汉奸卖国贼的死命的民族革命统一战线。

He cut three paintings from their frames and walked out with them right under the noses of the guards.

这个人说：“你有没有在报上看到关于那个去博物馆偷东西的贼有多么大胆的消息吗？

As soon as I came downstairs, the burglar bolted through the back door.

我一下楼，窃贼就从后门飞奔而逃。

Burglars broken into my house last night.

昨天晚上我家有窃贼破门而入。

The thieves were caught in the act of breaking into the house.

那些盗贼正破门而入时被当场捉