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.
Idiome