Word · 単語
後の祭り
Reading あとのまつり
a day after the fair
a day after the fair · (at a) stage when it's too late
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例文 · examples
今更悔やんでも後の祭りだ。
It is too late to repent.
今さら騒いでもどうにもならないよ。後の祭りだよ。
Yelling about it won't help now. You should have done that when it counted.
いまさら嘆いても、それこそ、後の祭だよ。
You can regret it all you want, but it won't do you any good now.
今となっては後の祭りだったが、彼はどうして自分達が試合に負けたのかよくわかった。
With 20/20 hindsight, he could tell why they lost the game.