Scarborough warning
nounEtymology
Fuller links the phrase to the events of 1557, when Thomas Stafford seized upon Scarborough Castle before the townsmen had the least notice of his approach.
Definitions
A warning given too late to be useful.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA