Talk:a day late and a dollar short

Any takers? (Zero formatting, bad title (full stop)) SemperBlotto 22:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Formatted and title corrected. This may be an Americanism. (and Canadianism?) It's enough of a set idiom to have been used as a novel title by the popular African-American author Terry McMillan (also author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back). --EncycloPetey 22:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh definitely. DAVilla 19:15, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Very common idiom in US, as day late, dollar short with this meaning. --Connel MacKenzie 16:39, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Clearly widespread. RFV passed. DAVilla 18:47, 8 December 2006 (UTC)


 * If it is regional (as I believe it is,) it may cause the question to resurface again. Citations are an excellent way to answer the question before it is asked again.  (My two cents.)  --Connel MacKenzie 18:42, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Request for citations then? DAVilla 18:44, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

both problems, or one due to the other
Is it that the person is a day late, and therefore they're not getting the dollar they came for, or is is that the person arrived a day late, and doesn't even have enough resources anyway?

The first is suggested here: The second here:

Gronky 22:51, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Tea room convos
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