down to the wire
到最后一刻;不確定的;緊迫的
口語·形容事情到最后一刻才見分曉
英文釋義
to the very end or last minute
例句
The election was so close that the result came down to the wire, with only a few votes separating them.
典故來源
源自賽馬或賽車術語,“wire”指終點線,形容比賽或競爭直到最后一刻才分出勝負。