滑すべり込こみセーフ

noun

sliding safely (baseball)

Baseball term for a runner sliding into a base and being called safe.

• 彼かれは滑すべり込こみセーフで二に塁るいに達たっした。

  He reached second base with a sliding safe.

noun

just making it; barely on time

Figurative use for barely meeting a deadline, catching a train, or narrowly avoiding failure. Often used in everyday situations.

See also: ギリギリセーフ

• 電でん車しゃに滑すべり込こみセーフで間まに合あった。

  I just barely caught the train.

• レポート提てい出しゅつは滑すべり込こみセーフだった。

  I submitted the report just in the nick of time.