too little, too late
not enough and not soon enough to make a difference: Her efforts to improve her grade were too little, too late. We tried to reinvigorate the company's earnings by branching into electronic publishing, but it was too little, too late, and we ended up going out of business a few months later. If you describe a situation as too little too late, you are blaming someone for not doing enough to preve..
2022.05.21