# das Kind fällt in den Brunnen

das Kind fällt in den Brunnen is a German expression meaning “a disaster happens or becomes inevitable; it is too late for precautions that should have been taken earlier”.

## In other languages

- Русский: поздняк метаться, поздно пить Боржоми

## Meanings

1. _idiomatic_ a disaster happens or becomes inevitable; it is too late for precautions that should have been taken earlier
   - Wenn das Kind in den Brunnen gefallen ist, wollen es alle wieder gleich gewusst haben. — When the catastrophe has already occurred, they all claim they knew it all along.

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