English-German translations for a day late and a dollar short

Definition of a day late and a dollar short

• Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect

Examples

• His apology was a day late and a dollar short
• Help arrived a day late and a dollar short

Related words

• a day
• a stopped clock is right twice a day
• a day's journey
• a day's work
• give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
• Rome wasn't built in a day
• Rome wasn't built in a day.
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away