APAD: It's too little too late

Meaning:

The action came too late, or was too limited, to be effective

 

Background:

 

This saying appears to have originated in the USA in 1935 and is attributed to

historian Allan Nevins (1890-1971) who wrote in the May 1935 issue of Current

History,

 

    "The former allies have blundered in the past by offering Germany too

    little, and offering that too late, until finally Nazi Germany had become a

    menace to all mankind."

 

English Statesman David Lloyd George (1863-1945) is also known to have expressed

a similar sentiment: "It is always too late, or to little, or both," but it's

not clear whether this was before or after Nevins.

 

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It was great to learn where the phrase was first used!

 

History is written by the victors. At least Churchill acknolwedged that. Books

like "The Remains of the Day" would have to undergo heavy revisions, if they

were to see the light of the day at all, had the Nazis won.

Little by little, it's never too late to learn APAD :)

其实我差点跟你的background想一块去了，只是我想的是WWII晚期德国的先进技术,导弹，喷气式飞机等TLTL

还好没造出核武器。所以战后盟国吸取教训，扶持德国经济增长否则二十年后，又是一代纳粹

Thank you and you're right! Toward freedom, one step a time.

It's too little too late？I am kinda late today.LOL

Indeed it was a great lesson. Don't know if it'll stay, tho.

But never too little. You give plenty everyday :-)

Better late than never～

Exactly how I felt about my jiu-jitsu journey :-)

we all been there, felt sorry for not having done enough ...

No wise man ever longed to be younger, sister :-)

北京人讲话 — 黄花菜都凉了。

Got to find out the English for 黄花菜 :-)

This only addresses "too late" part of the proverb though

Yea. But "too little too late" also emphasizes"too-late".

Amount may increse, but time cannot be reversed.

为时已晚

History is written by the victors.-- True!

想想都后怕

Thank you. ：））