後の祭り
Meanings
Expression
Noun
1. a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late (Idiom)
Other spellings
後の祭
Kanji used
Pitch accent
あとのまつり
Examples5
いまさら
You can regret it all you want, but it won't do you any good now.
後の祭り。
After death, the doctor.
今さら
Yelling about it won't help now. You should have done that when it counted.
今
With 20/20 hindsight, he could tell why they lost the game.
今更
It is too late to repent.