down to the wire的意思

等到最后一刻才開始做事，最后關頭

直到最后，直到終點，接近最后期限

down the line───adv.完全地；沿著街道；adj.徹底的

to the wire───到電線上

born to the purple───出身貴族；出身王室

down to the ground───徹底地，完全；在一切方面

close to the wind───靠近風

dead to the world───對周圍事物毫無感受，對周圍事物毫無感受，對世事不聞不問的；睡得很香

take it to the wire───把它拿到電線上

down at the heel───（鞋履）后跟破損的；不整潔的；邋遢的

down by the head───頭朝下

We can't go to a restaurant tonight – we're really down to the wire.───今晚我們不能去飯館吃飯了——我們幾乎身無分文了.

This project will go down to the wire.───這個計畫將到最后的階段。

Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement.───談判者們再次一直工作到最后達成協議為止。

Play - off games always seem to go down to the wire.───加時賽看起來雙方比分總是咬得很緊.

The two horses were neck and neck all the way down to the wire.───一直到終點兩匹馬都并駕齊驅,互不相讓.

It was a neck and neck horse race right down to the wire.───這次跑馬賽從頭到尾都勝敗難分.

Benjamin: You know, I never leave it down to the wire.───本杰明：你知道的，我從來不會等到最后一刻才開始做事。

Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement.───談判人員又是直到最后時刻才達成了協議。

It is down to the wire.

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

We were in a couple of games that went right down to the wire.

We always get behind schedule and end up working down to the wire on our publications.

In the event the starting line-up went down to the wire.

It was a neck and neck horse race right down to the wire.

Negotiators again worked right down to the wire to reach an agreement.

Juventus utility man Hasan Salihamidzic expects the title race to go right down to the wire and believes Inter can still throw away the Scudetto.