This expression is from the sport of horse racing-- the winning horse has to get his or her nose across the wire to be judged the winner. In business, this expression means working right up to the very last minute, just as time is running out; it carries the meaning of being under pressure, having a deadline that must be reached before the opportunity is lost.
It simply means until the last possible moment.
No. Down to the last wire is no idiom I am aware of. It sounds like a mixed idiom. Down to the last man means you'll fight until all means of fighting have been lost. Down to the wire means the outcome won't be known until the last moment or things are going to be close at the finish line.
It means that something has been left until the last possible moment.
Down the Wire was created in 2009.
The phrase "coming down to the wire" means that a situation is reaching a critical or decisive point at the very last moment. It implies that time is running out and a decision or action needs to be made quickly.
It means a wire in the ground.
Whistling Down the Wire was created on 1976-06-25.
You can wire and amp down to 0.3 ohms by decreasing its windings.
The black wire means negative and the red wire means positive if that's what you where asking
The idiom down to the wire means to the very last possible moment. Therefore, the entire phrase would stand to mean that "it went to the very last split second and we almost missed your flight, but made it."
It means the wire for the plug comes out right at the bulb socket, as opposed to running down the lamp internally and exiting at the base...
"Under the wire" means shortly before the deadline, e.g., "I caught the train just under the wire," or "I reached the destination of the interview just under the wire." It means "barely" or "scarcely."