Closing the barn door after the horses have bolted, and the barn was burned to the ground.
And the poor old nag died of a heart attack just as she was leaving the barn.
Now we have no horse, no barn, no feed...just smoldering ruins of a once-great civilization.
God Damn them all to Hell.
People love any excuse to use the word bolt to say ran away but bolt means to move suddenly and horses getting out of the barn just walk through an open door. If you were walking up to a horse that was calmly standing a d letting you approach but then suddenly ran away, that would be bolted. Nothing personal just trying to protect the language.