pwnicholson

Cool story, but not where that comes from and not how that phrase is used.

“Just under the wire” means “just in time”, “at the last second”, etc.

It comes from horse racing and the wire they would strong across the finish line. Same as “down to the wire”

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/under--the--wire

Sheesh. That is crazy. I grew up in evangelical churches in the southern USA and that’s a new one to me.

What do you mean? Like this one? Do please educate us if you know better.

They didn’t live in a world saturated in sugar. It was a very rare treat.

Also, depends on the ages here. A lot of 4 year olds can still be kept busy for a while by something like that. …If they haven’t been handed an iPad since they were 9 months old anyway.

For vocalists in Western music traditions, the steps of a major scale (doesn’t matter the key) go by the names Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do instead of just 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 the way most other musicians refer to them.

They are saying that in the song ABC by the Jackson Five, the notes they sing in that relative key when they say “Do Re Mi” are actually “So La Do”