in the nick of time

Meaning: (idiomatic)At the last possiblemoment; at the last minute.Synonyms:eleventh hour,under the wire,just in time;see alsoThesaurus:just in timeHe finished writing his paper and slid it under the door justin the nick of time.1990,James Broughton,Special Deliveries: New and Selected Poems, Seattle, Wash.: Broken Moon Press,→ISBN, page12:In the nick of timehe lassoed with a trounce / the low-down villains who had stubbed our toes.2004,Lover's Knot‎[1],pages 194, 202:Sir Frances stopped midrant, and justin the nick of time, for his next words would have been "veriest whipster,"2012December 24, Mark Heisler, “After Looking East to the Knicks, Nash Cut West to the Lakers”, inNew York Times:Happily for the Lakers, who were mincemeat without him, Nash is backin the nick of time, with the Knicks, who walked all over them in New York two weeks ago, in town for a Christmas Day game.

Examples:

EN: You came in the nick of time.
ES: Llegamos justo a tiempo.
EN: Then, just in the nick of time along comes this British bird with a title.
ES: Y entonces, justo a tiempo, aparece ese tiparraco británico con su título.
EN: Gen, you're in the nick of time.
ES: Gen, llegas en el momento oportuno.
EN: Well, I arrived in the nick of time, didn't I?
ES: Llegue justo a tiempo.
EN: Huh, just in the nick of time.
ES: Justo a tiempo.
EN: Jenny, in the nick of time.
ES: Jenny, justo a tiempo.
EN: - Just in the nick of time.
ES: - Justo a tiempo.
EN: The Prussians arrived in the nick of time and hammered Napoleon!
ES: ¡Los prusianos llegaron en el último momento y machacaron a Napoleón!
EN: Just in the nick of time.
ES: Justo a tiempo.
EN: The telephone call and you made it came in the nick of time.
ES: Llamaste en mal momento.
EN: You know, you Yanks just got here in the nick of time.
ES: - Gracias. No sé cómo, pero los yanquis siempre llegáis a tiempo.
EN: Captain Waring, You come in the nick of time.
ES: Capitán Waring, llegas justo a tiempo.
EN: Thanks, boy, you came in the nick of time.
ES: Llegas justo a tiempo.
EN: She was saved in the nick of time.
ES: La chica se libró en el último momento.
EN: And so just retribution has been visited upon the six members of the Good Comrades, whose nefarious plan was unmasked in the nick of time.
ES: SEIS MIEMBROS DE UN CLUB DE ASESINOS CONDENADOS POR LA MUERTE DE UN ESTANQUERO 'Los seis miembros del Club de los Buenos Camaradas cuyo siniestro plan se descubrió, recibieron su retribución.

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