half-past-six

Hence, its ill-repute of shoddiness and unreliability, as one is criticised for “half-past six work” or and organisation being labelled as a “half-past six company.”

Whatever Mahathir's shortcomings were, he cannot be accused of being a half-past six leader. The problem with Pak Lah[…]is that all the kings’ horses and all the kings’ men cannot prove that he is not one.