get down to the wire (get down to the wire)

Idiom Engineering

含义

to approach the last possible moment before a deadline

接近最后可能的时刻,接近截止日期 (jiejin zuihou keneng de shike, jiejin jiezhi riqi)

例句

"The project went down to the wire, but we finished on time."

"这个项目一直 到最后一刻,但我们准时完成了。" (Zhe ge xiangmu yizhi **dao zuihou yi ke**, dan women zhunshi wanchengle.)