saved by the bell idiom
救命钟(某种困难局面突然结束时所说的措辞,否则你就得做或说你不想做或说的事)
something that you say when a difficult situation ends suddenly before you have to do or say something that you do not want to
Luckily my bus arrived before I had time to reply. Saved by the bell. 正当我要回答时,我等的公交车就到了,真是万幸。