It's like shutting the barn door after the horse escaped,

Don't close the barn door after the horse runs away

Closing the barn door after the horse escapes

Don't shut the barn door after the horse is stolen

If something is wrong, it is like locking the barn door after the horse is stolen, ... But we are still going to pursue it. I want to know what they bought with the money.

It's a little bit like shutting the door after the horse has bolted. It [the new approach] sounds like what should have been around in 97,