No details I can think of. Heard somebody say this to a college graduate that works at a computer firm.
2007-03-06 05:23:48 · 15 answers · asked by Gunz 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It means you are too late( a day late) to do anything about whatever the situation is and and even if you were not too late you could not do anything about it anyway because you do not have enough..information...talent.... etc.(thus the dollar short relation IE: if something cost $10 you only have $9 so it is out of your reach)
2007-03-06 05:31:11 · answer #1 · answered by healthynow 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Day Late Dollar Short
2016-12-10 08:36:04 · answer #2 · answered by harrow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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what does the phrase a day late and a dollar short mean?
No details I can think of. Heard somebody say this to a college graduate that works at a computer firm.
2015-08-18 23:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A day late and a dollar short
It's an amusing way to express the frustration of losing. "A day late" would be too slow to win the race, make the payment, beat the deadline. Whatever. "A dollar short" is when the price is $5 and you have $4 in your pocket. The combination of the two explains that empty feeling....
2007-03-06 05:34:55 · answer #4 · answered by Rickydotcom 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is meant as an example of receiving something too late to do much good. For example if you received necessary monies you wanted but they were still a dollar short and a day late...get it?
2016-03-18 10:04:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It essentially means the person was grossly unprepared. It's slightly less contemptuous to be late yet equipped, but to be both is a sign of utter carelessness.
2007-03-06 05:31:00 · answer #6 · answered by Medusa 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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It is an old saying that means someone got what they needed, but not in time. Or that someone needed something which they could not afford until they didn't need it anymore. My dad is full of these kinds of old sayings. Here is my favorite: When someone asks him how he is, he replies, "Fine as frog hair!" Now you have to admit, that is pretty fine!
2016-03-28 00:43:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your a little late so you dont get the dollar so you are now short of that money.
2007-03-06 05:27:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
it generally means that you're lacking by a tiny bit.
like you're there but a day late or you've got almost the amount but not quite
2007-03-06 05:27:31 · answer #9 · answered by interlude 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It means too little, too late.
2007-03-06 05:27:15 · answer #10 · answered by CupCake 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋