VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

In the Nick of Time

Meaning:

Just in time; with no time to spare

Examples:

  • We got outta there in the Nick of time, man.
  • But luckily, the fever broke in the nick of time.
  • I think we hit that kitchen in the nick of time, Scoob.
  • Victor got to the airport just in the nick of time.
  • Well, did I save your life in the nick of time?
  • You pulled the stake out in the Nick of time.
  • This woman told me it was in the nick of time.
  • Her life was saved in the nick of time.
  • Just in the nick of time, by the look of things.
  • All right, fine, Cesar told me... and in the nick of time.