2007-06-21 06:56:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail
the train is i meant
2007-06-21 06:56:41 · update #1
"That train has already left the station" I believe is the addage.
No particular reason, here. It could just as easily been, "The bus has left the depot" or "The horse has left the barn."
However you say it, it means you're too late....
2007-06-21 07:00:27 · answer #1 · answered by Samurai Hoghead 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Many of our proverbs came from our agraian past, such as "make hay while the sun shines." Up until the 1940s the train was about your only real choice for long distance transportation, so everyone was familiar with trains and missing them.
Kent in SD
2007-06-22 18:09:32 · answer #2 · answered by duckgrabber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably, when that phrase came out, the train was something people commonly missed, thus using the "train" as a metaphor for opportunity. The same for "That ship has sailed."
2007-06-21 14:27:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋