live wire

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

figuratively

Japanese Meaning

電気が流れている電線 / 非常に活発で元気な人

The technician shouted to everyone to stay back because a live wire had fallen across the wet pavement.

技術者は、通電中の電線が濡れた舗道に倒れているため、皆に離れるよう叫んだ。

Sense（1）

(electricity) An electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current.

Two boys got electrocuted when a live wire fell on the auto-rickshaw in which they were sitting.

Sense（2）

(figuratively) An especially energetic, alert, or vivacious person.

With his thin, eager face and darting hands he was more than a live wire - he was a whole bundle of live wires.

live wires

（ plural ）