give an untimely help

give an untimely help

Send an umbrella after the rain, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǔ h ò us ò ngs ǎ n, which means after the event to be courteous, but also to help not in time. From Emperor Kangxi.

The origin of Idioms

Eryuehe "Emperor Kangxi" Volume 4 53: "no see, no see. A few days ago, when I was dying, other elder brothers were here to wait on me, but he and I were ill together. Now I have just come back, and he is better. What kind of false gallantry do you offer after the rain? "

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive, it refers to the post event behavior. example things happen from time to time.