Word info

a day late and a dollar short

Speech parts

1. a day late and a dollar short - Adjective

2. a day late and a dollar short - Adverb

Meaning

a day late and a dollar short

(US, idiomatic, predicative) Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.
His apology was a day late and a dollar short.

a day late and a dollar short

(US, idiomatic) Adverbial use of the adjectival form.
Help arrived a day late and a dollar short.

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