not a minute too soon
At last, phew
Not a minute too soon describes something arriving or happening at the last possible moment before it would have been too late.
The phrase emphasizes relief that timing worked out: The ambulance arrived not a minute too soon.
It often carries dramatic undertones, suggesting near-disaster narrowly averted.
- just in timeAt the last moment
- not a moment too soonBarely in time
- about timeExpression of impatient relief
- timelyOccurring when appropriate
- imminentAbout to occur
opportune · just-in-time · deliverance · punctual · crucial · reprieve · phew · eleventh-hour · countdown · race against time · close call · narrow escape · critical · brink · intervention · down to the wire · nick of time · none
not a minute too soonprematurely
Before proper time
early · ahead of time · too late · too little too late · ahead of schedule
not a minute too soonno rush
No urgency here
no hurry · unhurriedly · in due course · eventually · whenever
minute, minutes, minutest, minutely, minuteness, sooner, soonest