in the nick of time

in the nick of time

English

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Prepositional phrase

in the nick of time

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

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

Synonyms

• eleventh hour
• under the wire
• just in time
• See also Thesaurus:just in 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) Greek: στο παρά πέντε (el) (sto pará pénte) Icelandic: á síðustu stundu, nógu snemma, í tæka tíð Italian: all'ultimo momento, all'ultimo minuto

Norwegian: Bokmål: i siste stund, i ellevte time, i siste øyeblikk, i grevens tid (no) Portuguese: no (pt) último (pt) instante (pt) Russian: в после́дний моме́нт (v poslédnij momént) Serbo-Croatian: u zadnji čas, u posljednji trenutak Spanish: en el último momento Swedish: i sista stund (sv), i elfte timmen (sv), i sista ögonblicket (sv), i grevens tid (sv) Turkish: son anda, (idiomatic) yumurta kapıya dayanınca