Timeline for Is there an expression or idiom for something convenient that happens right when you need it to?
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Jan 25, 2019 at 21:24 | answer | added | JKreft | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 14, 2015 at 0:38 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Jul 2, 2015 at 9:17 | answer | added | AndyT | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 2, 2015 at 4:18 | answer | added | drunkenwagoner | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 1, 2015 at 19:52 | comment | added | user39425 | You already said it: "What are the chances?" | |
| Jul 1, 2015 at 16:18 | answer | added | shawnt00 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 1, 2015 at 10:46 | comment | added | hvd | @neminem A fortunate coincidence, then. I have actually heard "fortunate happenstance" before. But that's basically what serendipity means anyway, so I just upvoted that answer instead of posting a new one. :) | |
| Jul 1, 2015 at 5:09 | comment | added | Pacerier | @Smig, "Miracle"? | |
| Jul 1, 2015 at 3:03 | answer | added | Chris Sunami | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 1, 2015 at 2:45 | answer | added | Eric | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 22:13 | comment | added | Patrick M | For describing an actual work of fiction, you could call it a deus ex machina or plot contrivance. You could apply these terms to real life ironically, if you desired. If you need a more specific term for a very exact type of contrivance, feel free to waste an afternoon (or day, or week) on TvTropes. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 21:09 | answer | added | Cynthia McFall | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 21:08 | answer | added | Papa Poule | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 20:40 | comment | added | neminem | @ScottBrown It would be a coincidence, but coincidences don't have to be fortuitous, they could just as easily be bad luck, or entirely neutral. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 20:39 | answer | added | Dave | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 19:03 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/615958863876091905 | ||
| Jun 30, 2015 at 18:50 | answer | added | Tushar Raj | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 18:33 | answer | added | landocalrissian | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 17:46 | comment | added | Misti | The cop arrived in the nick of time | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 16:43 | answer | added | talrnu | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 15:56 | answer | added | Edwin Ashworth | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 15:54 | answer | added | Julie Carter | timeline score: 22 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 14:43 | comment | added | Robusto | In AmE we usually describe such a happening as blind luck. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 14:39 | answer | added | oerkelens | timeline score: 42 | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 14:38 | comment | added | user15183 | Not offering an expression, hence the comment rather than answer, but this sounds like a "coincidence" to me. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 14:35 | history | asked | Smig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |