He had been saved in the nick of time.

要关头得救了。

''When has he not delivered the goods when it really counted? ''

“哪次要关头没交过货？”

But, he doubts you'd fight if it came to it.

但觉得真到要关头你未必会拼力一搏。

Control of the U.S upper house's at stake.

美国参议院的控制权正处于要关头。

" We have to save our coastline. It's a crisis."

我们必须拯救我们的海岸线。这是成败的要关头。

At stake is the battle for control of the House and Senate.

对众议院和参议院的控制权之正处于要关头。

With minutes to spare, Mission Control gave the order.

还剩最后几分钟的要关头，任务控制中心下达了命令。

You may know the closely divided House and Senate are at stake.

你可能知道，分歧严重的众议院和参议院正处于要关头。

Lily in a pinch. - Okay, well, I think that's it.

要关头的时候莉莉会帮我。 -好吧，我觉得可以了。

But when push came to shove, he found he really did need this particular sort of help.

但到了要关头，发现自己确实需要这种特殊的帮助。

At a pinch, all of us (except this worthy Giant) could retreat into the Mound itself.

要关头，我们全体（除了巨人阁下）都可以撤到土丘里面去。

" It is merely that affairs have come to a head, and I must take a clear course."

“只是事情已经到了要关头，我必须采取明确的行动。”

Everyone agrees that it was your quick-witted response in that emergency that has led to this satisfactory outcome.

大家都认为正是您那个要关头的快速反应带来了令人满意的结果。

I'm awfully fond of you, Conseil my friend, but not enough to eat you when there's better food around.

康塞尔好朋友，我很喜欢您，但不到要关头我不吃你。

In general, we think rotten stuff looks and smells disgusting, which, considering what's at stake, isn't overly cautious.

总而言之，腐烂物看上去闻起来都很恶心，这要关头并非多虑。

They take the place of songbirds at a pinch.

它们要关头取代了鸣禽。

The future of the company is at stake.

公司正要关头。

So things start to really come to a head on Wednesday.

所以事情周三开始真正进入要关头。

Got it back and gust in the nick of time!

要关头把它找回来并狂风袭来！

Things really came to a head in early March.

三月初，事情真的到了要关头。