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Vinony

a day late and a dollar short

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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.

    “His apology was a day late and a dollar short.”

adv

  1. Adverbial use of the adjectival form.

    “Help arrived a day late and a dollar short.”