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A day late and a dollar short Meaning in English

expression

uh DAY layt and uh DAH-ler SHORT
uh DAY layt and uh DOL-uh SHAWT

التعريف

This expression means to do something too late and not well enough to make a difference; your effort is both untimely and insufficient.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Informal and often used with mild sarcasm to comment on help or action that is too late to be useful. Common in American English, rarely used in formal writing. Similar to 'too little, too late'.

Spanish: llegar tarde y mal - demasiado tarde y poco útilPortuguese (BR): chegar tarde e trazer pouco - tarde demais e insuficientePortuguese (PT): chegar atrasado e trazer pouco - tarde demais e insuficienteChinese (Simplified): 来得太晚，帮不上什么忙 - 晚了一步又帮不上Chinese (Traditional): 來得太晚，幫不了什麼忙 - 遲了一步又幫不上Hindi: ना वक्त पर, ना पर्याप्त मदद - देर से और कमArabic: جاء متأخرًا وغير كافٍ - بعد فوات الأوان وبلا جدوىBengali: বিলম্বিত এবং অপর্যাপ্ত - দেরিতে এবং যথেষ্ট নয়Russian: слишком поздно и слишком мало - запоздало и недостаточноJapanese: 遅すぎて足りない - タイミングが悪くて十分でないVietnamese: quá muộn và không đủ - quá ít, quá trễKorean: 늦고 부족하다 - 한 발 늦었다Turkish: çok geç ve yetersiz - geç kalmak ve eksik yapmakUrdu: دیر اور ناکافی - وقت پر نہیں اور کافی نہیںIndonesian: terlambat dan kurang - datangnya telat dan tidak cukup

جمل نموذجية

Sorry, your advice is a day late and a dollar short.

basic

Their help was a day late and a dollar short after the event ended.

basic

She offered to fix it, but it was a day late and a dollar short.

basic

When they finally sent the invitation, it was a day late and a dollar short.

natural

You showed up with coffee, but it’s a day late and a dollar short—the meeting’s over.

natural

He tried to apologize, but it was a day late and a dollar short after what happened.

natural