Thread: Just under the wire
View Single Post
  #2  
Old October 01, 2018, 09:43 AM
Rusty's Avatar
Rusty Rusty is online now
Señor Speedy
  
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 11,317
Native Language: American English
Rusty has a spectacular aura aboutRusty has a spectacular aura about
This idiom is also rendered 'down to the wire'. It means 'at the last moment'.

en el último momento
estar al límite
contra reloj

tener el agua al cuello
estar con el agua al cuello
Reply With Quote