in the nick of time

English

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.

Translations

at the last possible moment

• 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

• 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

See also

• eleventh hour
• under the wire
• just in time