Everyday English
be in the right place at the right time
be present for an opportunity
If you are in the right place at the right time, you are present when a useful or lucky opportunity appears.
Hear it in real life
How did you meet your business partner?
We were in the right place at the right time.
She got the job because she was in the right place at the right time.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was in the right place on the right time.
Say: I was in the right place at the right time.
Use "at" before "the right time" in this fixed expression, not "on."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be in the right place at the right time; happen to be in the right place at the right time
Your turn: say it out loud
She got the job because she was in the right place at the right time.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be in the right place at the right time
be present for an opportunity
“She got the job because she was in the right place at the right time.”
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