ぎりぎりまで

expression

until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

Used when something is delayed or stretched to its absolute limit, often with a sense of urgency or risk.

• 締しめ切きりぎりぎりまでレポートを書かいていた。

  I was writing the report until the very last minute before the deadline.

• 彼かれはいつもぎりぎりまで準じゅん備びをしない。

  He never prepares until the last possible moment.