船到江心補(bǔ)漏遲chuán dào jiāng xīn bǔ lòu chíit is too late to plug the leak when the boat is in midstream;with the boat in midstream it will be too late to stop the leak
? 恁時(shí)節(jié)，～，煩惱怨他誰(shuí)？(《關(guān)漢卿戲劇集·趙盼兒風(fēng)月救風(fēng)塵》111) But by then,with the boat in mid-stream,|It will be too late for you to stop the leak,|And whom will you have to blame? 船到江心補(bǔ)漏遲chuan dao jiang xin bu lou chiit’s too late to plug up the leak when the boat is in midstream |