late in the day

[Johnson, Ellen]

my father (southern US) used to say that I was always "a day late and a dollar short", and I regret to say my punctuality and financial solvency have not greatly improved.  ellen

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark A Mandel [mailto:mam at THEWORLD.COM]
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:31 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: late in the day


This came in over the transom. What can we tell the inquirer?

-- Mark A. Mandel
   Linguist at Large

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:34:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: s. . . <stephen_lombardo at yahoo.com>
To: mam at THEWORLD.COM
Subject: re: late in the day

Hello. I am a student of English and American
literature, but I am interested in English linguistics
as well.

 I was wondering if the expression "late in the day"
is more prevalent in British English than American
English, and whether you can think of another similar
expression (with the adjective "late" in it).

Thanks,

Steve Lombardo

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