eleventh hour

Etymology
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 :
 * King James Bible, Matthew 20:6 & 20:9:
 * And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? [...] And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

Noun

 * 1)  A point in time which is nearly too late; the last minute.

Usage notes

 * Rarely used in the plural form and usually immediately preceded by the definite article,.
 * Usually used in phrases beginning with such prepositions as or.

Translations

 * Arabic: آخر لحظة، اللحظة الأخيرة
 * Czech: v hodině dvanácté
 * Danish: i ellevte time, i den ellevte time, i 11. time
 * Dutch: elfde uur
 * Finnish:, viime hetki
 * French:
 * Icelandic: ellefta stund, síðustu forvöð
 * Italian: all'ultimo minuto
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: i ellevte time
 * Portuguese: tarde demais
 * Russian: в после́днюю мину́ту
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: у задњи час
 * Roman: u zadnji čas
 * Spanish: casi demasiado tarde ; último minuto, última hora
 * Swedish: