2007-03-13 06:24:16 · 7 answers · asked by slbillingsley 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It refers to someone who's stressed out or on the edge. Because wires aren't typically that wide and one would think that the bird would be close to falling off.
2007-03-13 06:27:53 · answer #1 · answered by toolgirl_75023 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Birds On A Wire Meaning
2016-11-07 09:14:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What does the phrase "I'm a bird on a wire" mean?
2015-08-06 18:16:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but it definitely makes you think of a precarious situation, doesn't it? I know that birds are sometimes electrocuted on wires if their wings touch the ones above them while the bird sits on a wire below....
2007-03-13 06:28:25 · answer #4 · answered by AMEWzing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the phrase may come from the Leonard Cohen song "Bird on a Wire":
Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a worm on a hook,
like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.
Like a baby, stillborn,
like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
But I swear by this song
and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
he said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
Oh like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
2007-03-13 08:05:10 · answer #5 · answered by Karin C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some one on the edge,like a bird hanging on a wire.scary huh...
2007-03-13 06:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be careful. You are about to be electrocuted. (Maybe????)
-MM
2007-03-13 06:38:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋