in the nick of time

English

Adverb

in the nick of time (not comparable)

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.

Translations

at the last possible moment

• Dutch: op het nippertje
• Finnish: viime hetkessä (fi)
• French: juste en temps
• Greek: στο παρά πέντε (el) (sto pará pénte)
• Icelandic: á síðustu stundu (is), nógu snemma (is), í tæka tíð (is)
• Portuguese: no (pt) último (pt) instante (pt)

• Russian: в последний момент (ru) (v poslédnij momént)
• Serbo-Croatian: u zadnji čas (sh), u posljednji trenutak (sh)
• 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 (tr), (idiomatic) yumurta kapıya dayanınca (tr)

See also

• eleventh hour
• under the wire