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live wire

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a live wire
someone who is very quick and active, both mentally and physically. I hadn't met Rory before - he's a real live wire.
See also: live, wire
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When asked to choose the technology they could not live without, youth in nine of the 11 countries surveyed chose the internet over mobile phones and television (The Age Live Wire supplement, 1/6/06, p.
Technology vital to Gen Y culture, communication by Gross, Kate / Youth Studies Australia
In Watching the Play, 2004, Li transforms a famous photograph of President Nixon and Jiang Qing (a political live wire who was also Mao's second wife) into a kaleidoscopic patchwork that blurs the line between mark making and figuration.
Li Songsong: China Art Archives & Warehouse by Spalding, David / Artforum International
The appeals court held that summary judgment was precluded by genuine issues of material fact as to whether the supervisors knew that the inmate could suffer a severe shock as a consequence of working on a live wire without protective gloves.
Hall v. Bennett by Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
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