be down to the wire
be down to the wire
To be unresolved until the last possible second. Negotiations are down to the wire, and I'm worried we won't agree on a new contract by the deadline.
See also: down, wire
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*down-to-the-wire
Fig. waiting until the very last moment; right up to the deadline. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) It came down-to-the-wire before I turned the proposal in. We went right down-to-the-wire on that one.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- down-to-the-wire
- down to the wire
- come down to the wire
- go, come, etc. down to the wire
- go down to the wire
- under the wire
- a live wire
- live wire
- hold the wire
- tumble down