TOO LATE colloquially, Ironic expression to laugh at an attempt that is known as vain, futile. In strict rigor, it is used when there is nothing to deal with a situation of disaster or adversity. "The ambulance came too late. Firefighters too. Everything had burned down and died without medical attention. " . I'm sorry, said the oncologist, you've come too late. He's got six months to live.
