A dime too late and a dollar too short
Posted: November 9, 2026 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: CBS News, humor, language, malaphors, mixed idioms, Trump, words Leave a commentA farmer said this about Trump’s eight billion dollar farmer relief fund:

This appears to be a mashup of “nickel and dimed” (to impair or weaken piecemeal) and “a day late and a dollar short” (action comes too late to be useful and not enough to make a difference). Kudos to Skip Kennedy for spotting this one and sending it in!
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