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• A day late and a dollar short.
If something is a day late and a dollar short, it is too little, too late.
• All bestare off.
If allbets are off, then agreements that have been made no longer apply.
• All hat, no cattle.
When someone talks big, but cannot back it up, they are all hat, no cattle. (‘Big hat, no cattle’ is also used.)
• All over Hell’s half acre.
If you have been all over Hell’s half care, you have been traveling and visiting many more places than originally
intented, usually because you were unsuccessful in finding what you were looking for. It can also be used to
mean everywhere.
• All over the map.
If something like a discussion is all over the map, it doesn’t stick to the main topic and goes off on tangents.
• Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Used in response to someone saying «almost» in a win/lose situation. The full expression is «Almost only counts
in horseshoes and hand grenades.» Al alternate form puts «and flinging shit from a shovel» at the end.
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