прийтись кстати

• ПРИХОДИТЬСЯ/ПРИЙТИСЬ КСТАТИ

[VP; subj: concr, abstr, or, rare, human; usu. pfv]

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⇒ to turn out to be needed, appropriate etc and/ or to come about, appear at the right moment:

- X пришёлся кстати{{}}≈ X came at the perfect time;

- X couldn't have come at a better time;

- X was just what one needed (at the (that) moment);

- thing X came in handy;

- thing X couldn't have been more timely.

     ♦ Перевод, присланный родителями, пришелся кстати, так как Оле даже нечем было заплатить за квартиру. The money order her parents sent was just what Olya needed, because she didn't even have money to pay the rent.