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Heavy on the wire. What does this idiom mean?

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Anonymous  +  341744 Wed, 21 Mar 07 05:57 PM
    Hey guys,

Can you please help me out with this one: "to be heavy on the wire" What in the world does this mean ???
Your help will be much appreciated!
Anonymous
Lil' Ruby Rose, 2 yr 249 days ago
It's not a common idiom.  Can you give us some context?
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Marius Hancu  +  341760 Wed, 21 Mar 07 07:10 PM
I don't think this is an English idiom.

It's used mainly in German forums, and I've found an explanation from someone:

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Perhaps it was something like an impossible translation of
the German "schwer auf Draht sein" into "to be heavy on the wire".

It should mean, to be top concentrated, highly ambitioned and best
prepared.
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Perhaps: intense, focussed.

OK, I've found another site:

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schwer auf Draht sein      to be heavy on wire      meaning: to react very fast

http://www.wolf-zone.de/projects/german/language.html
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Marius Hancu
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Anonymous, 2 yr 249 days ago
You are on fire man! Thanks a lot!

 Marius Hancu wrote:
I don't think this is an English idiom.

It's used mainly in German forums, and I've found an explanation from someone:

-------
Perhaps it was something like an impossible translation of
the German "schwer auf Draht sein" into "to be heavy on the wire".

It should mean, to be top concentrated, highly ambitioned and best
prepared.
-------

Perhaps: intense, focussed.

OK, I've found another site:

-------
schwer auf Draht sein      to be heavy on wire      meaning: to react very fast

http://www.wolf-zone.de/projects/german/language.html
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