英语词汇just in the nick of time的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	just in the nick of time
词源	just in the nick of time. Up until the 18th century, both time and transactions were commonly recorded by scoring notches, or nicks, on a stick called a tally. These nicks account for the nick in the common expression just in the nick of time, “not a second too soon.”
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