a day late and a dollar short
英汉例句
- The government's attempts at reform were a day late and a dollar short.
政府在改革上的努力沒啥大用了。
blog.sina.com.cn - The findings, in the eyes of many analysts, are a day late and a dollar short.
這項”發現",在很多分析師的眼中是既耗時又耗力。 - As my mother used to say, Dash was a day late and a dollar short: Starr hadn’t cared about the lawfulness of his behavior for a long time.
正如我母親經常講的,達什這麽做是“馬後砲”:斯塔爾早就對自己行爲的郃法性不在乎了。 - The ban, as you might imagine, is not only a dollar short and a day late, but also bad policy.
FORBES: Oil Stocks Choked Even In The Shallow Water