missed the boat

Looks like Bob missed the boat.”

Being on the streets of Dublin and seeing the types of drugs people are buying and using one couldn't help wonder if Northern Ireland has missed the boat.

I felt that maybe I’d missed the boat, but I found out how the technology had improved since then.

By 1922, Maclean - according to his daughter - felt the movement had “missed the boat”.

I sat down to watch it the other day, wondering if it was too late for a review and if maybe I’d missed the boat.