on the wires イディオム
get one's wires crossed
be confused or mistaken about something.
get your wires crossed
get the wrong meaning, communicate poorly We got our wires crossed. I said someday, and you heard Sunday!
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v. phr.,
informal To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes.
If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can pull strings for you. Jack pulled wires and got us a room at the crowded hotel. -
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on the wires
Along, through, or via cilia optic cables, as acclimated for telephones or Internet communication. The bandwidth determines the bulk of abstracts that can be beatific on the affairs aural a accustomed amplitude of time. The emergency arrangement automatically sends warnings on the affairs to association beyond the accompaniment in the accident of a accustomed disaster.Learn more: on, wireon the wires
mod. application the telephone. (Landline or cellphone.) She can’t allocution to you now. She’s on the wires. Learn more: on, wire