a day late and a dollar short

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雙語例句

• 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。
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• The findings, in the eyes of many analysts, are a day late and a dollar short.
  這項”發(fā)現(xiàn)",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(jīng)常講的，達什這麼做是“馬後砲”：斯塔爾早就對自己行爲的郃法性不在乎了。

權(quán)威例句

• The ban, as you might imagine, is not only a dollar short and a day late, but also bad policy.
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