I don't think the phrase 'in the nick of time' is specifically British.

个短语并不英式英语专用的。

It was early and they got to the hospital just in the nick of time.

早产，他们在最后一刻赶到了医院。

He had been saved in the nick of time.

他在紧要关头得救了。

It was in the nick of time.

当时正关键时刻。

I think I'm leaving the country in the nick of time.

觉得出国的时机刚刚好。

But in the nick of time, another great expression, it means just in time.

在紧要关头，另一个绝佳表达，它意味着恰到好处。

" In the nick of time" means 'at the last possible moment'.

In the nick of time 的意思“在最后可能的时刻”。

Luckily, the rescue came in the nick of time.

幸运的，救援得正时候。

Luckily, help arrived in the nick of time.

【nick】幸运的援兵及时到。

Just in the nick of time? Shouldn't it be just in time?

in the nick of time？不应该说及时吗？

He felt fortunate to have made the leap in the nick of time.

他感到庆幸，自己及时跳出了那个节奏。

But I did and that is all that matters. Her life was saved...in the nick of time.

重要的做到了。在关键时刻拯救了她。

However, a few free kicks often make everything different, especially scoring one such goal in the nick of time.

几个任意球，场上局面就很可能会变化很大，尤其在比赛最后几分钟的进球。

But Cap lifted his shield just in the nick of time, and the energy hit it instead of him.

队长在千钧一发之际举起了盾牌，能量束打在了盾牌上，并没有击中他。

Alright, what we read on here, he felt fortunate to have made the leap in the nick of time.

们在里读到的，他感到庆幸自己在紧要关头及时跳跃。

Somewhere matriculating today is a man of iron, a woman of steel, a superhuman just in the nick of time.

今天个关键时刻毕业的一群铁汉和铁娘子。

We arrived just in the nick of time. Another five minutes, our plane would have left without us.

们在最后一刻赶到了。再耽误五分钟，们就要错过飞机了。

Thankfully not, we got there just in the nick of time.

幸运的们没错过演出，们在最后一刻赶到了现场。

This animal came in the nick of time for us to bag some real quadruped meat, and it was warmly welcomed.

猪正好在们追求真正四足兽肉的时候到了，所以它很受欢迎，被留下了。

I spotted her in the nick of time and dove under my bed, but man, that right there tells you something about Juli Baker.

恰好观察到她的动向，马上潜伏到床底下。不过朋友，得告诉你一些关于朱莉安娜·贝克的事。