right on cue

Meaning: At exactly the right moment.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Example: “Right on cue, the rain started as we set out the picnic.”

Category: Daily Life

Origin: In the theater, a "cue" is the signal that tells an actor when to speak or enter. The figurative phrase is common from the 20th century.

Other ways to say this

Italian: Cadere a fagiolo — literally: To fall like a bean
Dutch: Met de neus in de boter vallen — literally: To fall with your nose in the butter
English: in the nick of time

you snooze, you lose — If you are slow to act, someone else will take the chance.
go off without a hitch — To happen smoothly, with no problems.
lose one's shirt — To lose all one's money.
every little bit helps — Even a small contribution is worth having.
get the wrong end of the stick — To misunderstand something completely.
on tenterhooks — In anxious suspense.

smell a rat — To sense that something dishonest is going on.
a hard nut to crack — A difficult problem, or a person who is hard to deal with.
have a finger in every pie — To be involved in many different things at once.
have a bee in one's bonnet — To be obsessed with one idea.
put down roots — To settle somewhere permanently.
start off on the wrong foot — To begin something badly.

Eres un crack — You're brilliant — a total star at what you do.
Eres muy majo/a — You're a lovely, kind, and genuine person — the nicest way to compliment someone's charac…
Tienes mucho corazón — You're extraordinarily generous and warm — you give more than you need to.