socorro atrasado
[so-KO-rru a-tra-ZA-du]
nounmasculinepl: socorros atrasados
belated help, late assistance, delayed relief
1. Help or assistance that arrives after the critical moment or need has passed; aid that comes too late to be effective
The emergency services arrived an hour after the accident, but by then it was just belated help.
Os serviços de emergência chegaram uma hora após o acidente, mas já era apenas um socorro atrasado.
2. Any form of support, financial or otherwise, that is provided after the appropriate or necessary time
The government's economic aid was too little and too late—just another example of delayed relief.
A ajuda econômica do governo foi insuficiente e atrasada—apenas mais um exemplo de socorro atrasado.
NYC Slang
too little, too late
Related Idioms & Phrases
fechar o estábulo depois que o cavalo fugiu (close the barn after the horse has escaped)
remédio depois da morte (medicine after death)
lágrimas de crocodilo (crocodile tears - insincere help)
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