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[eduardoad]

oi, pessoal...

acho que uma boa tradução para "antes tarde do que nunca" é:
"better late than dead on time."

varias vezes ouvi nativos ingleses usando essa expressão...

[EddySc]

the worst possible.
cold sweat when got woken by gf saying "she was late"
fortunately it was only cry wolf (alarme falso)

(está certa minha frase ↑ aí?)

Cry wolf se usa como verbo apenas. Vem daquela história do garoto que girtava "lobo!" ("he cried 'wolf!'") como alarme falso para rir da cara dos outros, até o dia em que ele gritou porque realmente tinha um lobo e ninguém acreditou.

Alarme falso como substantivo se fala "false alarm" ou "fake warning" mesmo.

[Alex Brazil]

Hi,

Before late than ever!

Take care!

[Flavia.lm]

Hi,

Before late than ever!

Take care!

Are you sure?

Traduções literais nem sempre funcionam. Prefira o "Better late than never" mesmo.

[Dude Spell]

Exemplos:
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"Better late than never," says the man who has an appointment at one and does not attend it till three; and he seems to think that the adage not only justifies his being behind time, but almost makes it a merit that he has come at all.

"Better late than never," "repeats a gentleman who has found out a mistake after it has ruined him and half a dozen people besides.
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That old saying 'Better late than dead on time' is still true. Never risk your child's life by not using the restraint. If she needs to be fed, pull over; if she is grizzling but you can't stop, grin and bear it.
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[anizinha]

sao expressoes idiomaticas, eles usam muito aqui comparacoes as vezes sem sentido para nos como hiperbole