كيف تنطق "a day late and a dollar short"

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.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈdeɪ/ /ˈɫeɪt/ /ˈænd/, /ənd/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈdɑɫɝ/, /ˈdɔɫɝ/ /ˈʃɔɹt

الإنجليزية البريطانية

æɪ/ /dˈeɪ/ /lˈeɪt/ /ˈænd/ /æɪ/ /dˈɒlɐ/ /ʃˈɔːt

أمريكي

uh DAY layt and uh DAH-ler SHORT

بريطاني

uh DAY layt and uh DOL-uh SHAWT

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

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

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

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