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Meanings of live wire in English
Catalan
argent viu Spanish
rayo Usage of live wire in English
1
Suddenly confident, he closed his right hand tightly over the live wire.
2
To his ear came the low busy hum of a live wire.
3
Her body reacted like it had been zapped with a live wire.
4
He's live wire enough not to let a joke slip past him.
5
She is a live wire, and everywhere she touches me, I burn.
6
At 55 years of age, Eithne Ward was a live wire.
7
I was adjusting the dynamo, and I touched a live wire.
8
He has not been touched by the live wire of experience-yet ;that'sall.
9
Congreve exclaimed, like a man jolted by five thousand volts via live wire.
10
They did not know he was a live wire until later.
11
When she notices me, she jumps like she just touched a live wire.
12
He had been positively buzzing with electricity, like a live wire.
13
I knew a kid who was a real live wire and a comedian.
14
And why had it touched up Prickles as if with a live wire?
15
He was known in the ministry as a live wire.
16
Berger looked as though she had touched a live wire.
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Live wire through the time
Live wire across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common