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 implies that the corners of your mouth are turned down, which is what can happen if you are sad.
Literally what it says... to have the last word in an argument say, To be a person that has to have the final word is a bullheaded person It just like the last laugh
No, the phrase "He who laughs last" is part of an idiom (a saying).The complete idiom is "He who laughs last laughs best."A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.The pronoun in the given sentence is he.In the context of the sentence, the pronoun 'he' is taking the place of the noun 'person'. "A person who laughs last laughs best."
An idiom can also be called a figure of speech or a saying.
The best way to find out the meaning of an idiom is to look it up in a reputable dictionary or idiom database. You can also search online for the idiom along with the word “meaning” to find explanations and examples of its usage. Additionally, asking a native speaker or language teacher for clarification can help you understand the idiom better.
It simply means until the last possible moment.
It means that something has been left until the last possible moment.
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."
A smile that could break your heart......
It's not really an idiom because you can figure out what it means. If something is done at the last minute, you have waited until it is almost too late to do it.
To do work and focus
"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."
It is not an idiom. It is an expression. The difference is that an idiom's meaning cannot be derived from the meaning of its individual words. In the expression wolfing down food, the meaning is clearly derived from the meaning of the words, and people have been saying it for hundreds of years.
Distill down, or boil down, as an idiom, means to get to the essence of something, or to simplify it.
Down the Wire was created in 2009.
I'd say that's more of a true statement rather than an idiom. Prices never DO come down - they always go up.
no, it is an idiom