eleventh hour | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A point in time which is nearly toolate; thelast minute.1857,William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 85, inThe Virginians:If she repented, though at theeleventh hour, it was not too late.1922February,James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, inUlysses, Paris:Shakespeare and Company,[…],→OCLC:Highly providential was the appearance on the scene of Corny Kelleher when Stephen was blissfully unconscious but for that man in the gap turning up at theeleventh hourthe finish might have been that he might have been a candidate for the accident ward[…]1961,Philip Toynbee,Underdogs: Eighteen Victims of Society, page56:I have extricated myself so far at manyeleventh hoursand perhaps there is some hope in this.2009March 3, Tony Karon, “Why Money Alone Will Not Fix Gaza”, inTime:Egypt had managed to bring the two sides to the brink of a deal two weeks ago, before internal political dynamics prompted the Israelis to back out at theeleventh hour.2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, inInternational Journal of Lexicography, volume27, number 1, page59:Thus, the famous title of the dictionary is, at base, derogatory. This explains why Yule kept the title secret until theeleventh hour, why some contemporary reviewers took exception to the title, and why Yule highlighted Burnell’s approval of the title.

Examples:

EN: The eleventh hour -
ES: Las once...
EN: Oliver, it's an inspiration... At the eleventh hour, with my back against the wall.
ES: Oliver, es una inspiración... en la penúltima hora, con la espalda contra la pared.
EN: Not being invited here till the eleventh hour.
ES: No me has llamado desde hace mil.
EN: The english people began to listen. But again the reactionary government hesitated, even at the eleventh hour.
ES: El pueblo oyó, pero el gobierno reaccionario siguió dudando hasta el final.
EN: I don't understand... You can't do this at the eleventh hour. ...why I can't possibly get anybody
ES: No entiendo por qué no hacen lo que se les manda.
EN: Thanks to hard work, Bengt and I have, at the eleventh hour, managed to find new suppliers and new markets.
ES: Bengt y yo hemos logrado, en el último minuto y con mucho esfuerzo, encontrar nuevos proveedores y abrir nuevos mercados.
EN: ♪ This is your eleventh hour, your decision
ES: *This is your eleventh hour, your decision
EN: I now know how a general feels when he plans some great strategic movement and his troops let him down at the eleventh hour.
ES: Ahora sé cómo se siente un general cuando planea un gran movimiento estratégico y sus tropas le abandonan a última hora.
EN: He was an eleventh hour Gaullist.
ES: Apoyó a De Gaulle al último minuto.
EN: About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around.
ES: Como a la hora undécima salió y encontró a otros de pie alrededor.
EN: "The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
ES: "Vinieron los obreros que habían sido contratados como a la hora undécima, y cada uno recibió un denario.
EN: The patient is in the eleventh hour of surgery.
ES: El paciente se encuentra en la hora undécima de la cirugía.
EN: You promote the thing nonstop, all day, all night, then they get you to agr ee to this nonsense at the eleventh hour, when ther e's no chance you'll pull it.
ES: Has promocionado esto sin parar, todo el día, toda la noche, entonces tienes que aceptar este sinsentido a última hora, cuando no hay posibilidad de que te eches atrás.
EN: Not the eleventh hour.
ES: No es el último minuto.
EN: Have a little fun on the eleventh hour
ES: Ten un poco de diverción en la "hora 11".

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