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单词 late in the game
释义

late in the game

English

Alternative forms

  • late in the day

Phrase

late in the game

  1. Very late in the course of an event, so as to have diminished relevance, importance, etc.
    • 1984, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, →ISBN, page 6:
      But there she is in her pegged pants, a kind of doo-wop Retro ponytail pulled of to the side, as eligible a candidate as you are likely to find this late in the game.

Further reading

  • late in the game”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • early/late in the game”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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