| 释义 |
●go, come, etc. (right) down to the ˈwire (informal) if you say that a situation goes down to the wire, you mean that the result will not be decided or known until the very end 直到最后才见分晓◆Most people are predicting a very close game, quite possibly going right down to the wire.
绝大多数人都认为这场比赛一定难分难解，很可能直到最后才见分晓。 NOTE In this idiom, the wire refers to the finishing line in races. 在这个习语中，wire指赛跑比赛中的终点线。 |