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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Spitz auf Knopf
Spitz auf Knopf (tip on button) is used to express the last moment before it gets REALLY bad. Similar in English: "in the 11th hour" and "in the nick of time."
"The pardon came just seconds before the execution - es stand Spitz auf Knopf."
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