on cue



(right) on cue

as if planned to happen exactly at that moment We were traveling up a narrow river in East Africa when, right on cue, a hippopotamus thrust its head out of the water.
See also: cue, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
WodanVO-dahn (German)Germanic Mythology
Hephaistos-Greek Mythology
ZariaZAHR-ee-əEnglish (Modern)
Uriahyoo-RIE-ə (English)Biblical
Soth-Khmer
Imam-Arabic