noun · countable / uncountable · rare

eleventh hour

eleventh hour · eleventh hours

в последнюю минуту

in letzter Sekunde, fünf vor zwölf, im letzten Moment, im letzten Augenblick

A point in time which is nearly too lateA point in time which is nearly too late; the last minute.

» This is his eleventh hour.

Це його останній шанс.

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, idiomatic, uncountable)A point in time which is nearly too late; the last minute.
in letzter Sekunde, fünf vor zwölf, im letzten Moment
в после́днюю мину́туv poslédnjuju minútu

More definitions

the latest possible moment

Examples

3 sentences

This is his eleventh hour.
Це його останній шанс. — ascolto
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We'd better finish up this project before the eleventh hour.
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A stay of execution was ordered at the eleventh hour.
ruКазнь было приказано отложить в последнюю минуту. — odexed
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

The last minute:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

The last minute:

Origin

From a parable in the Bible of workmen hired at the eleventh hour (that is, late in the da

From a parable in the Bible of workmen hired at the eleventh hour (that is, late in the day), known as the Parable of the Workers of the Eleventh Hour or the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard:

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