ExamplesWe got to the gate in the nick of time – they were about to close it.The firefighters arrived in the nick of time.How to use itNeutral. Often with "just": just in the nick of time.Similar idiomsat the eleventh hourAt the last possible moment.by the skin of your teethOnly just, by a very small margin. Previous idiomonce in a blue moonNext idiom at the eleventh hour
