DOWN TO THE WIREの意味、期限が迫って、最後の最後まで

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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!

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DOWN TO THE WIRE   期限が迫って、最後の最後まで

Explanation

  • 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。

DOWN TO THE WIRE

examples

  1. We're down to the wire now. The final draft has to be submitted by tomorrow morning.
  2. The talks are going right down to the wire. The union has threatened a walkout if an agreement hasn't been reached by Thursday.
  3. 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?
  4. a: How did the bar exam go?
    b: It was rough. I was working on it right down to the wire.
  5. 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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