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jmdict 2851445 Active (id: 2166925)
六日の菖蒲
むいかのあやめ
1. [exp,n] [id]
▶ something that comes too late to be useful
▶ [lit] iris (blooming) on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2138430 端午の節句 1. Boys' Day celebration (May 5)



History:
5. A 2021-11-30 06:53:49  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Missing the boat?
4. A* 2021-11-30 04:48:24  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Apparently they say "figs after Easter" in 
Dutch and "mustard after dinner" in Polish
  Diff:
@@ -15,2 +15,2 @@
-<gloss>something that comes too late</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">iris blooming on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)</gloss>
+<gloss>something that comes too late to be useful</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">iris (blooming) on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)</gloss>
3. A* 2021-11-30 04:40:55  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
There's got to be a more idiomatic way of 
phrasing this in English.
"a death row pardon two minutes too late" from 
Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" is all that comes 
to mind...
  Diff:
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<gloss>something that comes too late and is useless</gloss>
+<gloss>something that comes too late</gloss>
2. A* 2021-11-10 00:47:30  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">iris blooming on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Days celebration)</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">iris blooming on the 6th (i.e. one day too late for the Boy's Day celebration)</gloss>
1. A* 2021-11-06 06:05:19  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meikyo daijr
  Comments:
copied gloss from 十日の菊, can be improved

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