live wire

And inside his body, he turned back into a live wire.

He stood for a second looking as though he'd just touched a live wire.

Like I was holding on to a live electric wire, he thought.

His eyes went wide, like someone touching a live wire.

The five victims died after stepping on live wires in several feet of water.

"It's like the end of a live wire; the power won't come through without a contact."

His hair normally looked as though he'd had a recent close encounter with a live wire.

"She's a real 240-volt live wire," was how the other engineer in his office described her.

Yet a kind of current emanated from her, she was like a live wire.

He felt as if he'd held a live electrical wire against his flesh.