Kathy Cao
2021-03-09 02:03
Better Late Than Never spoken language
The full proverb is sometimes stated, “Better late than never,but better never late.”
"Tom, you finally handed your homework in. Well, better late than never"
I'm sorry my gift came late, but better late than never, right?
Used to imply that something has come too late and it is no longer needed
To do something or go somewhere very quickly, usually because you are about to be late or you are late
The proverb was first recorded in 1200. It appeared in several collections of English proverbs.
The first time the phrase appears in print in English was in "The Yeoman's Tale from The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1386.
The Latin phrase 'potiusque sero quam numquam' which translates as "better late than never" was used in History of Rome, written around 27 BC by Titus Livius.
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