in the nick of time

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37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فِي آخِرِ لَحْظَةٍ (fī ʔāḵiri laḥẓatin) — at the last possible moment
• Arabic: في اللحظة الأخيرة — at the last possible moment
• Arabic: في اللحظة الحاسمة — at the last possible moment
• Arabic: في اللحظة الحرجة — at the last possible moment
• Chinese Mandarin: 趕在最後一刻 /赶在最后一刻 (gǎn zài zuìhòu yīkè) — at the last possible moment
• Dutch: op het nippertje — at the last possible moment
• Finnish: viime hetkessä — at the last possible moment
• French: juste à temps — at the last possible moment
• German: im letzten Augenblick — at the last possible moment
• Greek: στο παρά πέντε (sto pará pénte) — at the last possible moment
• Hungarian: az utolsó pillanatban — at the last possible moment
• Icelandic: á síðustu stundu — at the last possible moment
• Icelandic: nógu snemma — at the last possible moment
• Icelandic: í tæka tíð — at the last possible moment
• Ido: justa-tempe — at the last possible moment
• Italian: all'ultimo momento — at the last possible moment
• Italian: all'ultimo minuto — at the last possible moment
• Lithuanian: pačiu laiku — at the last possible moment
• Norwegian Bokmål: i siste stund — at the last possible moment
• Norwegian Bokmål: i ellevte time — at the last possible moment
• Norwegian Bokmål: i siste øyeblikk — at the last possible moment
• Norwegian Bokmål: i grevens tid — at the last possible moment
• Polish: w samą porę — at the last possible moment
• Portuguese: no último instante — at the last possible moment
• Romanian: la mustață — at the last possible moment
• Russian: в после́дний моме́нт (v poslédnij momént) — at the last possible moment
• Serbo-Croatian: u zadnji čas — at the last possible moment
• Serbo-Croatian: u posljednji trenutak — at the last possible moment
• Spanish: en el último momento — at the last possible moment
• Spanish: como agua de mayo — at the last possible moment
• Sranan Tongo: ete wan ingiwiwiri — at the last possible moment
• Swedish: i sista stund — at the last possible moment
• Swedish: i elfte timmen — at the last possible moment
• Swedish: i sista ögonblicket — at the last possible moment
• Swedish: i grevens tid — at the last possible moment
• Turkish: son anda — at the last possible moment
• Turkish: yumurta kapıya dayanınca — at the last possible moment