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too late, she cried, as she waved her wooden leg
Too late. It's something you say when something is done a moment too late. No idea what it refers to, just an old jokey saying: Bob, look out, don't step in the ... Too late, she cried, as she waved her wooden leg.
Contributor's comments: My dad used this phrase in Broken Hill when I was young: I'd like to know its origins.
Contributor's comments: This saying was common in Ipswich in the 1950s and 1960s..
Contributor's comments: I heard this all through my childhood, both from Mum's family (all Melb) and from Dad (brought up in Wagga). However it was always said as "too late, she cried, as she waved her wooden leg and died".