a day late and a dollar short

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Action that was taken too late and too feeble to be of any use.
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Submitted on May 20, 2012

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a day late and a dollar shortCome into the picture minus some necessary fundamental factors or entities.
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تتأخر يوما تنقص دولارا

einen Tag zu spät und einen Dollar zu kurz

un día tarde y un dólar corto

un jour de retard et un dollar à court

egy késő nap és egy dollár rövid

un giorno di ritardo e un dollaro in meno

dzień późno i dolara brakuje

um dia de atraso e um dólar a menos

ایک دن دیر سے اور ایک ڈالر مختصر۔

遲到一天又缺一美元

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a chain is only as strong as its weakes…a dime's wortha fly in the ointmenta cold day in Julya dumb priest never got a parisha force of ha ita dime a dozena dark horsea cheaper locksmitha dream walkinga cat may look at a kinga fly by nighta cat can look at a kinga drop in the bucket

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    Alex
    US English
    Daniel
    Daniel
    British
    Karen
    Karen
    Australian
    Veena
    Veena
    Indian

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