نوشدارو بعد از مرگ سهراب (Nushdaroo ba'd az marg-e Sohraab)
Meaning: A solution that arrives uselessly too late.
Language: Persian
Literally: The remedy after Sohrab's death
Category: Daily Life
Origin: From Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, where the healing elixir reaches the hero Sohrab only after he has already died.
More idioms — Daily Life
- קופצים על המציאה (Kofsim al hamtsi'a) — To seize a great opportunity at once.
- תפסת מרובה לא תפסת (Tafasta merubah lo tafasta) — Overreach for too much and you end up with nothing.
- Розбити глек (Rozbýty hlek) — To fall out and ruin a friendship.
- Ăn cơm nhà vác tù và hàng tổng — To do thankless public work at your own expense.
- N'hi ha per llogar-hi cadires — The drama is so good it's worth watching like a show.
- Déu n'hi do — Wow — that's quite something.
More Persian idioms
- آب از سرش گذشته (âb az sarash gozashte) — It is already too late to save the situation.
- گربه را دم حجله کشتن (gorbe rā dam-e hejle koshtan) — To assert authority firmly from the very start.
- مرغ همسایه غاز است (morgh-e hamsāye ghāz ast) — The grass is always greener next door.
- از این ستون به آن ستون فرج است (az in sotun be ān sotun faraj ast) — Even a small change may bring hope.
- قربونت برم (ghorbunet beram) — An affectionate thank-you or term of endearment — 'you're so dear to me'.
- زیر آب کسی را زدن (Zir-e āb-e kasi rā zadan) — To secretly sabotage or betray someone behind their back.
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