"too little, too late" meaning in English

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          "word": "a day late and a dollar short"
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          "text": "That's just half what was due last week. Too little, too late.",
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          "text": "Committing half his reserves nearly three hours after the attack was too little, too late.",
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "close the stable door after the horse has bolted"
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        {
          "word": "it's too late for sorry"
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          "word": "woulda, coulda, shoulda"
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      "translations": [
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "太少，太遲"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "太少"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "tài shǎo, tài chí",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "太迟"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "liian vähän, liian myöhään"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "zu spät und zu wenig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "zwar verspätet, dafür aber nur halb"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "troppo poco, troppo tardi"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "za mało i za późno"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "muito pouco, muito tarde"
        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "demasiado poco y demasiado tarde"
        }
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  "word": "too little, too late"
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      "word": "it's too late for sorry"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "太少，太遲"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "太少"
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      "roman": "tài shǎo, tài chí",
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      "word": "太迟"
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      "word": "liian vähän, liian myöhään"
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      "word": "zu spät und zu wenig"
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      "word": "zwar verspätet, dafür aber nur halb"
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      "word": "troppo poco, troppo tardi"
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      "word": "za mało i za późno"
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      "word": "muito pouco, muito tarde"
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      "word": "demasiado poco y demasiado tarde"
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  "word": "too little, too late"
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