The point in a game or competition where there is minutes to go with the score tied (ex. hockey) or both players one point away from victory (ex. ping pong)
>>With one minute to go, this game is down to the wire.
Everything is ready to be finished, but everyone is waiting on the phone company to show up and pull their dman wire into the building... thus it is "Down to the Wire"
Hey, I know we are supposed to be done so you can turn this project over... But it is "Down to the Wire".... Talk to Verizon about it.
Someone or something that bites your ankles.
To a postman, an ankle biter is often known as a dog.
To an adult, an ankle biter may be a toddler.
To hikers, an ankle biter is sometimes a tick.
And so on.
When a man will search for hours to find something that is laying out in the open on a table. Items are often easily found by a women.
Man: "I have been searching for hours for keys."
Woman: "You mean the ones sitting there on the coffee table?"
Man: "Where?"
Woman: "Right there in the middle of that table."
Man: "oh, must have been Male Pattern Blindness"