in the nick of time

English

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Prepositional phrase

in the nick of time

(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.

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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)
Greek: στο παρά πέντε (el) (sto pará pénte)
Icelandic: á síðustu stundu, nógu snemma, í tæka tíð
Italian: all'ultimo momento, all'ultimo minuto

Norwegian:
Bokmål: i siste stund, i ellevte time, i siste øyeblikk, i grevens tid (no)
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

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