in the nick of time

English

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(idiomatic) At the last possible moment; at the last minute.
Synonyms: eleventh hour, under the wire, just in time; see also Thesaurus:just in time

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

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)
German: im letzten Augenblick
Greek: στο παρά πέντε (el) (sto pará pénte)
Hungarian: az utolsó pillanatban
Icelandic: á síðustu stundu, nógu snemma, í tæka tíð
Ido: justa-tempe
Italian: all'ultimo momento, all'ultimo minuto
Lithuanian: pačiu laiku
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i siste stund, i ellevte time, i siste øyeblikk, i grevens tid (no)
Polish: w samą porę
Portuguese: no (pt) último (pt) instante (pt)
Romanian: la mustață
Russian: в после́дний моме́нт (v poslédnij momént)
Serbo-Croatian: u zadnji čas, u posljednji trenutak
Spanish: en el último momento
Sranan Tongo: ete wan ingiwiwiri
Swedish: i sista stund (sv), i elfte timmen (sv), i sista ögonblicket (sv), i grevens tid (sv)
Turkish: son anda, (idiomatic) yumurta kapıya dayanınca

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