saved by the bell

形容词 adj.
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英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of a competitor in a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, spared from being counted out by the referee by the ringing of the bell which concludes the round. not-comparable
    — Forrest floored Mosley again at the end of the round and almost finished him, but Mosley was saved by the bell.
  2. Rescued or favorably assisted by a timely interruption or by the sudden termination of difficult circumstances. broadly,idiomatic,not-comparable
    — So Asad's probing created a problem. . . . In a real sense Kissinger was saved by the bell: the American party had that afternoon to catch a plane to Israel.
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