A letter is like a late dinner.

一封信就像一顿迟来的晚餐。

youdao

The late dinner disgruntled my father.

晚饭太晚让我父亲气恼了。

youdao

Once he gave the signal, all hell broke loose back at the building where CIA officers had gathered for a late dinner.

这边暗号一发出，那边一处建筑物里的中情局特工简直炸开了锅。

youdao

Old ones were getting pretty bald. Well, probably be late for dinner.I gotta head down to Mason County.

VOA: standard.other

One evening in mid-September, the day after she turned twenty-seven, Arianda and I met for a late dinner.

NEWYORKER: The Natural

Late night dinner in one of the best restaurants in the best hotel in Las Vegas.

FORBES: Do you want to be the lion, the lamb, or...?

Bureaucratic buck passing is as unpopular as arriving too late for dinner in Pasto, although both are standard fare in Bogota.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A very different face of Colombia