a live wire

Meaning

1. a person who is lively and full of energy

In the movies · 3

• He's a live wire, though, ain't he?O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000
• Just kiss her dead, frozen lips and find out what a live wire she is.Shrek2001
• Hey we ve got live wires all over the place hereThe Island2005

From the same entry

• live and breathe
• live and let live
• live by your wits
• live hand to mouth
• live in the past
• live in sin
• live it up
• live a lie
• live off the fat of the land
• live off the land
• live to fight another day
• you haven't lived