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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
A synonymy question
Hi all
The patient's life was saved. I reached the airport in the very nick of time and made my flight.
The patient's life was saved. I reached the airport quickly and made my flight.
In the nick of time, governments released reserves in order to start cash circulating again.
Governments released reserves quickly in order to start cash circulating again.
"in the nick of time and quickly"
Are they synonymies or not?
thanks
The patient's life was saved. I reached the airport in the very nick of time and made my flight.
The patient's life was saved. I reached the airport quickly and made my flight.
In the nick of time, governments released reserves in order to start cash circulating again.
Governments released reserves quickly in order to start cash circulating again.
"in the nick of time and quickly"
Are they synonymies or not?
thanks
Top answer
No. If you do something in the nick of time, you do it at the very last possible moment. You may not do it quickly.
- No.
- If you do something in the nick of time, you do it at the very last possible moment.
- You may not do it quickly.
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No. If you do something in the nick of time, you do it at the very last possible moment. You may not do it quickly.
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