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2011.05.24
The "wire" here is the one that's stretched along the finish line of a race. First one there's a rotten egg!
DOWN TO THE WIRE 期限が迫って、最後の最後まで
- The expression down to the wire is used to mean that time is running out or that something happens up to the last minute.
- down to the wire という表現は、時間が残り少なくなっている、または、最後の最後まで何かが行われる、という意味で使われます。
- We're down to the wire now. The final draft has to be submitted by tomorrow morning.
- The talks are going right down to the wire. The union has threatened a walkout if an agreement hasn't been reached by Thursday.
- a: I hope you can stay late tonight. We've got a lot of work to do if we're going to finish this on time.
b: Yes, we're really getting down to the wire, aren't we? - a: How did the bar exam go?
b: It was rough. I was working on it right down to the wire. - It came right down to the wire before they were able to come up with a fix for the system malfunction.
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