too little, too late
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtoo little, too latetoo late too littletoo little, too lateused to complain that not enough is being done to solve a problem and that the action did not start early enough Doctors have criticized the government’s response to the crisis as too little, too late. → tooExamples from the Corpustoo little, too late• A 3 percent funding increase is too little, too late to save the tutoring program.