Znalazlam taki kontekst: "In both her movie and her life, Olivia struggles to provide her sister and herself with an ideal ending -- a perfect moment that will satisfy everyone. But, finally, this book is a paean to the compromises made out of love: Olivia may be an unreliable narrator, but as a storyteller she comes through in the clutch."

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Ewentualnie w podanym przeze mnie kontekscie - wygrywa, udaje sie jej.

W baseballu z kolei (http://www.baseballtips.com/glossary.html) clutch ma taka definicje: "This category shows a player's batting average in the late innings of close games: the seventh inning or later with the batting team ahead by one, tied, or has the tying run on base, at bat or on deck."

tak bym powiedział - albo użył innej metafory: zawsze spada na cztery łapy

ew. zawsze wie, co robić
nie ma dle niej rzeczy niemożliwych
może też w znaczeniu, że pomaga innym w trudnych sytuacjach: z ni± nie zginiesz/nie zginiemy

come through
1 : to do what is needed or expected <came through in the clutch>
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=com...

clutch
6. A tense, critical situation: came through in the clutch.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/clutch

clutch, the
n 1. a metaphorical place suggesting a difficult situation or period of time. ("That money you sent me really came through in the clutch.") Submitted by Brooklyn, NY, USA, 11-12-2002.
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang/c.html