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1 down to the wire
adv AmE infml1)He's down to the wire on his project — Времени, чтобы закончить проект, у него в обрез
We went right down to the wire on that one — Мы дотянули до того, что у нас почти не оставалось времени
It came down to the wire before I turned the proposal in — Я передал свои замечания в самый последний момент
2)I have to turn this tomorrow and I'll be working down to the wire — Я должен сдать эту работу завтра, поэтому мне придется работать в упор
3)When we get down to the wire, we'll know better what to do — Нам станет ясно что делать, когда мы вплотную подойдем к этому
4)We can't afford going out tonight - we're really down to the wire — Сегодня вечером мы вряд ли куда пойдем. Мы почти на мели
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