in the nick of time

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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

Arabic: فِي آخِرِ لَحْظَةٍ (fī ʔāḵiri laḥẓatin) Chinese: Mandarin: 趕在最後一刻 / 赶在最后一刻 (gǎn zài zuìhòu yīkè) 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