Cruzar los cables

En inglés creó que "get your wires crossed" es como "cruzar los cables" en México, pero no en Cornellá de Llobregat. Es como una linea cruzada cuando uno se

2024 Oct 03

cord / wire | WordReference Forums

There are exceptions. Piano wire (sometimes called piano cord!) is a term widely used to refer to multi-strand wires, although a piano has some single strand wires. It is often

2025 Mar 23

electric wire or electrical wire? | WordReference Forums

I believe that in normal everyday convervsation just "electric wire" would be preferred: This electric wire is made of copper. Copper is an execellent conductor of electricity.

2024 Aug 08

flying wires

This is part of a book about filmmaking: Crossing the axis, exposed fl ying wires, ridiculous costumes or makeup, or absurd anachro nisms can take us out of the magic. Is

2024 May 26

hit the wires

The expression ''hit the wire s '' derives from the days when news was transmitted through the ''wire services'' by wires (telephone, telegraph, teletext). Nowadays, it just means

2024 Dec 23

if hairs be wires

"If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head" (Shakespeare''s sonnet 130) How would you translate "wires"? I have found "crini" in a translation, but I don''t like it very much.

2025 May 13

trailing wires

Hi! This sentence is from cambridge practice tests for ielts. I do not understand the meaning of "trailing" here. "Researches tried firing rockets trailing wires into thunderclouds to

2024 Aug 03