a day late and a dollar short
英漢例句
- The government's attempts at reform were a day late and a dollar short.
政府在改革上的努力沒(méi)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(xiàng)”發(fā)現(xiàn)",在很多分析師的眼中是既耗時(shí)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(jīng)常講的,達(dá)什這么做是“馬后炮”:斯塔爾早就對(duì)自己行為的合法性不在乎了。 - The ban, as you might imagine, is not only a dollar short and a day late, but also bad policy.
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