better late than never
Delayed beats absent
Better late than never acknowledges that doing something tardily is preferable to not doing it at all.
The phrase often carries a note of mild reproach or self-deprecation: You finally called—better late than never, I suppose.
It can also express genuine relief that something happened despite the delay.
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- maximBrief moral principle
- reliefEasing of distress
- showing upArriving at a place
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
good intentions · second chance · fresh start · overdue · making amends · perseverance · turnaround · late · reconciliation · last-ditch · resilience · regret · forgiveness · late bloomer · tardiness · procrastination · proverb · punctuality
- proverbsproverbs, sayings, maxims, adages, aphorisms
- clichescliche, platitude, bromide, tired phrase, worn phrase
- common sayingsproverbs, idioms, cliches, maxims, adages
- Famous Sayingsignorance is bliss, haste makes waste, carpe diem, seize the day, knowledge is power
- time sayingstime flies, time is money, time heals all wounds, time will tell, carpe diem
- sayingssayings, saying, proverb, proverbs, adage
better late than nevertoo little too late
Insufficient and belated remedy
a day late and a dollar short · why bother · strike while the iron is hot · water under the bridge · what's done is done
better late than nevertoo little too late
Insufficient and belated remedy