in the nick of time

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in the nick of time

1. (idiomatic) At the last possible moment; at the last minute.

   Synonyms: eleventh hour, under the wire, just in time; see also Thesaurus:just in time

   He finished writing his paper and slid it under the door just in the nick of time.

Derived terms

• nick-of-time

Translations

at the last possible moment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: op het nippertje
• Finnish: viime hetkessä
• French: juste à temps (fr)
• German: im letzten Augenblick
• Greek: στο παρά πέντε (el) (sto pará pénte)
• Hungarian: az utolsó pillanatban
• Icelandic: á síðustu stundu, nógu snemma, í tæka tíð
• Ido: justa-tempe
• Italian: all'ultimo momento, all'ultimo minuto
• Lithuanian: pačiu laiku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i siste stund, i ellevte time, i siste øyeblikk, i grevens tid (no)

• Polish: w samą porę
• Portuguese: no (pt) último (pt) instante (pt)
• Romanian: la mustață
• Russian: в после́дний моме́нт (v poslédnij momént)
• Serbo-Croatian: u zadnji čas, u posljednji trenutak
• Spanish: en el último momento
• Sranan Tongo: ete wan ingiwiwiri
• Swedish: i sista stund (sv), i elfte timmen (sv), i sista ögonblicket (sv), i grevens tid (sv)
• Turkish: son anda, (idiomatic) yumurta kapıya dayanınca