Examples of 'dollars short' in a sentence
Meaning of "dollars short"
dollars short: This phrase is typically used in the expression 'a day late and a dollar short,' which signifies being too late or insufficient in a particular situation. It suggests that someone's actions or efforts were not timely or adequate enough to make a meaningful impact or difference
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dollars short
Half million dollars short or not.
A lot of days late and a lot of dollars short.
Fifteen dollars short.
You are a day late and a few dollars short.
Daria, Jean, we are two hundred dollars short of what we need to open the coffeehouse.
The girl says to me you are three dollars short.
I am a few hundred dollars short again! Thanks!
You will find that a couple of hundred dollars short.
I am two hundred dollars short on rent.
I am guessing from your overwhelming response that you might be a few dollars short.
You are seven dollars short.
I just counted the money in the cash box and I am eighteen dollars short.
I am four dollars short.
Mariano and Garcia delivered it to Suero a million dollars short.
That still leaves me two dollars short of what I need.
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With all their efforts, they are still fifty dollars short.
That 's two dollars short.
With all their efforts, they are still a hundred dollars short.
As usual, I am several dollars short and several years late!
Gaynor 's a few hundred thousand dollars short.
I'm two hundred dollars short on rent. Anyway, um.
Billions and billions of dollars short.
That she'd been just 50 dollars short of aborting him.
He handed Travis everything he had, but he was still two dollars short.
Gaynor 's a few hundred thousand dollars short of making your list.
You do not have the capacity … Billions and billions of dollars short.
You are a hundred dollars short.
I am guessing from your overwhelming response Great . that you might be a few dollars short.
And today, we are still five billion dollars short of the bare minimum.
What? I just counted the money in the cash box and I am eighteen dollars short.
The funding is currently three-quarters of a billion dollars short of what is needed and necessary.
Nice try, but three days late and many dollars short.
The casino's a million dollars short.
Narrator, he 's still a quarter of a million dollars short.
I am what? You are seven dollars short.
I told you yesterday we discovered . We were 50 million dollars short.
Pay it . You are a hundred dollars short.
To top it off, Janie 's gambling has left her eighty dollars short.
I am sorry, I am two dollars short.
Muhittin says he 's two thousand dollars short.
And today, we are still five billion dollars short.
Tomorrow 's a day late and a billion dollars short.
He 's still a quarter of a million dollars short.
The cash is on the table . I am four dollars short.
Tomorrow 's a day late, a billion dollars short.
Counter, ' and I am still five hundred dollars short.
Mr. Klein . You are a day late and a few dollars short.
Look, we are in a really tough spot, we are a 100 million dollars short this year.
An1 } You are a hundred dollars short.
And now I am five-and-a-half million dollars short.
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We can get it for about a million dollars
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