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ambulance at the bottom of a cliff

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Etymology

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A variation on theJoseph Malins' 1895 poem "The ambulance down in the valley," where the need for an ambulance would be removed by a fence on the cliff.

Noun

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ambulanceatthebottomofacliff

  1. (figurative,derogatory) Afutile orpost factum answer to a problem.
    • 1994, “Yes”, inThe Holy Bible, performed byManic Street Preachers:
      Funny place for the social, for the insects to start caring / Just anambulance at the bottom of a cliff
    • 1999 September 14, Nick Davies, “Crisis, crisis, crisis: the state of our schools”, inThe Guardian[1]:
      A school with a poor intake is like anambulance at the bottom of a cliff: sometimes, it can pick up the children and patch up the damage; most of the time, it's too late.
    • 2002 April 29, Julie Middleton, “Degree cheats graduate to big time”, inThe New Zealand Herald[2]:
      But such a service could be seen as anambulance at the bottom of a cliff.

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