英文含义：强调为时已晚。
中文对应语：亡羊补牢。强调受到损失后想法弥补，以免再受损失。
D.英汉习语形异义似
A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。
Great boast, small roast.干打雷， 不下雨。
Take not a musket to kill a butterfly. 杀鸡焉用宰牛刀。
as dumb as an oyster 守口如瓶
to hit someone below the belt/to stab someone in the back 暗箭伤人（below the belt来自于拳击，击中对手腰部以下是算犯规的；相应的口语中有一种说法：a low-blow，意为卑鄙的偷袭、手段。）
as weak as water 弱不禁风
E.英汉习语形义完全不同
cast one's bread upon the waters不期望报答所作之事
keep the wolf from the door免于饥饿，勉强度日
make one's blood freeze令人恐惧
have bats in the belfry头脑有点古怪
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