go/come/be down to the wire

informal especially American EnglishAmETIME/HAVE TIME to be finished or achieved with very little time left 直到最后才见分晓

The game was very close and went right down to the wire.

比赛竞争非常激烈，直到最后才见分晓。

Examples from the Corpus

go/come/be down to the wire• It is down to the wire.• We were in a couple of games that went right down to the wire.• In the event the starting line-up went down to the wire.

→ go/come/be down to the wire at wire1(2)

词汇	go/come/be down to the wire
释义	go/come/be down to the wire go/come/be down to the wire informal especially American EnglishAmETIME/HAVE TIME to be finished or achieved with very little time left 直到最后才见分晓 The game was very close and went right down to the wire. 比赛竞争非常激烈，直到最后才见分晓。 Examples from the Corpus go/come/be down to the wire• It is down to the wire.• We were in a couple of games that went right down to the wire.• In the event the starting line-up went down to the wire. → go/come/be down to the wire at wire1(2)
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