down to the wire片语

到最后一刻、胜负难分口语

The championship game went down to the wire last night.

昨晚的冠军赛一直僵持到最后一刻。

拖到最后关头、时间紧迫口语

We're down to the wire on this report, so stop chatting.

这份报告已经快到截止时间了，别再聊天了。

最后一刻才见分晓的、紧张到最后的

The election ended in a down-to-the-wire finish between two candidates.

这场选举在两位候选人之间形成最后一刻才见分晓的结局。