Descriptions & Equivalents
- barely bothered to arrive
- behind time
- being late is my cardio
- closing the barn door after the horse is out
- couldn't find my keys
- day late dollar short
- eleventh hour
- I'll get there when I get there
- i'm on my way
- in the small hours of the morning
- overdue
- passed the cutoff time
- posthumous
- pressed for time
- probably would be late for his own funeral
- refused to rush
- stuck in traffic
- tardy
- til the cows come home
- took his time getting there
Late. Not doing something or getting somewhere on time. Since Joyce considered time to be a concept invented by the devil, she was always late.