Just in time; at the last possible moment. This expression occurs in the biblical parable of the laborers (Matthew 20:1–16),
in which those workers hired at the eleventh hour of a twelve-hour day received as much pay as those who began work in the first hour. Eric Par- tridge claimed that the current cliché does not allude to this story but offered no alternative source. The American poet Forceythe Willson
(1837–67) wrote, “And I heard a Bugle sounding, as from some celestial Tower; and the same mysterious voice said: ‘It is the Eleventh Hour!’” (“The Old Sergeant”). The armistice ending World War I came into force at 11 A.M. on November 11, 1918, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
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