Why 'a minute', can't it be 'not a second too soon', or the like?
Posted by Sphinx on August 23, 2003
In Reply to: Not a minute too soon posted by GPP on August 22, 2003
: : why this phrase is equal to "on time"?
: Not really 'on time'; more like 'just in the nick of time', or just barely in time. If you have been a minute later, it would have been too late.
- Why 'a minute', can't it be 'not a second too soon', or the like? GPP 23/August/03