Meaning Saved by a last minute intervention.
Usage Worldwide.
Example
- That solar panel scheme was just about to be cancelled, then an environmentalist minister came in and it was saved by the bell.
Pronunciation
Idiom
Saved by the bell
What does "Saved by the bell" mean?
Saved by a last minute intervention.
Saved by the bell
Britain, 18th century. Not connected, as is often thought, to bells attatched to coffins.