/s kr̝̊iːʃkɛm po funusɛ/ÇEKÇE → TR
Tanım
•a day late and a dollar short (too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect)
Diğer Dillerde
Fransızcaaprès la bataille
İtalyancatroppo poco, troppo tardi
a day after the fair (too late to change what has already happened)
eş: po zawodach, po ptakach, po ptokach
köken: Literally, “after tea”, or more loosely translated as “[the] tea [is] finished”.
after the horse has bolted, a day after the fair
"The day is over, the fair is over" (implying either that one has lost the opportunity, or that every activity has its proper time or schedule)
köken: Compare English a day after the fair.
Etimoloji
Literally, “with a cross after the funeral”.