Meaning of ambulance at the bottom of a cliff | Babel Free

Definitions

A futile or post factum answer to a problem.

derogatory, figuratively

Examples

“Funny place for the social, for the insects to start caring / Just an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff”

“A school with a poor intake is like an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff: sometimes, it can pick up the children and patch up the damage; most of the time, it's too late.”

“But such a service could be seen as an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff.”

CEFR level