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live wire (plural live wires)
- (electricity) An electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current.
2006 September 27, “Two boys electrocuted”, in The Hindu, India, retrieved 24 December 2008:Two boys got electrocuted when a live wire fell on the auto-rickshaw in which they were sitting.
- (figurative) An especially energetic, alert, or vivacious person.
- Synonyms: go-getter, life of the party, self-starter
1927 December 19, “Will Not Go”, in Time:Mr. Black is a kindly, gentle, fine individual, but as a leader, an up-to-date fellow, a go-getter—why he just doesn't know the first thing about it. . . . In a growing community like Douglaston we need a live wire.
1977, “Psycho Killer”, in Talking Heads: 77, performed by Talking Heads:I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire / Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire
2007, Charlaine Harris, Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery, →ISBN, page 95:She was irresistible—a laughing, chattering live wire, never at a loss for a word.
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idiom for a vivacious person
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