one minute to midnight

(At) the final moment before something happens or occurs. Tensions had been rising, with many assuming war was imminent, until a treaty was struck at one minute to midnight. Analysts are predicting that it is now one minute to midnight before another economic disaster.

one minute to midnight

the last moment or opportunity. informal

1998 New Scientist It's one minute to midnight for the discredited WHO.

See also: midnight, minute, one

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

life imitates art
next, first, second, etc. time around/round
(some) time (a)round
commentator's curse
mother nature’s
(mother) nature's (something)
there must be something in the water
it is all up with
it is all up with (someone or something)
BTS

References in periodicals archive

In One Minute to Midnight, Michael Dobbs sets out to Aohelp a new generation of readers relive the quintessential Cold War crisisAo and, in particular, its harrowing climax on AoBlack SaturdayAo, Oct.

AaeOne Minute to MidnightAAE

IF the doomsday clock is ticking on Gordon Brown's premiership, then the hands are now at one minute to midnight.

'we say' THE PEOPLE: Clock ticks for Brown

One minute to midnight; Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the brink of nuclear war.

One minute to midnight; Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the brink of nuclear war

The real time in Israel/Palestine is one minute to midnight.

Time check

This year it fell at one minute to midnight on June 20.

Question of the week; gardening

'The clock is standing at one minute to midnight for the great apes, animals that share more than 96 per cent of their DNA with humans,' he said in a statement released at the opening of a meeting on great apes in Paris.

Urgent plea for pounds 15m to save great apes

Klaus Toepfer, executive director of the UN's environment programme, said: "The clock is standing at one minute to midnight for the great apes.

GOING APE; Chimps face wipeout

词组	one minute to midnight
释义	one minute to midnight one minute to midnight (At) the final moment before something happens or occurs. Tensions had been rising, with many assuming war was imminent, until a treaty was struck at one minute to midnight. Analysts are predicting that it is now one minute to midnight before another economic disaster. See also: midnight, minute, one Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. one minute to midnight the last moment or opportunity. informal 1998 New Scientist It's one minute to midnight for the discredited WHO. See also: midnight, minute, one Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: life imitates art next, first, second, etc. time around/round (some) time (a)round commentator's curse mother nature’s (mother) nature's (something) there must be something in the water it is all up with it is all up with (someone or something) BTS References in periodicals archive In One Minute to Midnight, Michael Dobbs sets out to Aohelp a new generation of readers relive the quintessential Cold War crisisAo and, in particular, its harrowing climax on AoBlack SaturdayAo, Oct. AaeOne Minute to MidnightAAE IF the doomsday clock is ticking on Gordon Brown's premiership, then the hands are now at one minute to midnight. 'we say' THE PEOPLE: Clock ticks for Brown One minute to midnight; Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the brink of nuclear war. One minute to midnight; Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the brink of nuclear war The real time in Israel/Palestine is one minute to midnight. Time check This year it fell at one minute to midnight on June 20. Question of the week; gardening 'The clock is standing at one minute to midnight for the great apes, animals that share more than 96 per cent of their DNA with humans,' he said in a statement released at the opening of a meeting on great apes in Paris. Urgent plea for pounds 15m to save great apes Klaus Toepfer, executive director of the UN's environment programme, said: "The clock is standing at one minute to midnight for the great apes. GOING APE; Chimps face wipeout
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