97.3 The Dawg » famous sayings http://973thedawg.com Acadiana's Best Country Fri, 24 May 2013 08:13:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Real Story Behind the Phrase 'In the Nick of Time' http://973thedawg.com/the-real-story-behind-the-phrase-in-the-nick-of-time/ http://973thedawg.com/the-real-story-behind-the-phrase-in-the-nick-of-time/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:01:41 +0000 Carl Pettit http://tsminteractive.com/?p=79859 When something gets done ‘in the nick of time,’ it means the clock is about run out, and whatever needed doing almost didn’t get done at all. In the movie ‘The Hangover,’ the guys have a wild bachelor’s party weekend in Las Vegas, and only make it back to Los Angeles for the groom’s wedding ‘in the nick of time.’

But where exactly does this oft-used expression come from?

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