it was late in the day

From LSJ

οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δ' ἀλύομεν → some of us prosper and others are at our wit's end, some of us are prospering and others of us are at our wit's end

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)

τῆς ἡμέρας ὀψὲ ἦν