Learn the English Phrases "to be wired" and "to hot wire"

In this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to be wired.

When we say someone is wired, it means they're a little bit nervous

or they're a little bit energetic.

We usually use this when we talk about the effects of coffee

on people or the effects of sugar on kids.

You might hear someone say something like this, Oh, I have a lot of energy today.

I'm really wired because I had three cups of coffee this morning.

So to be wired means that you can feel the effect of the caffeine on you.

Sometimes people have trouble sleeping at night because they're just too wired.

They've had too much coffee that day.

And sometimes little kids, when they have lots of sugar, they're just wired.

They run around and they have lots of energy because they've just eaten way too much sugar.

So to be wired simply means to have a higher level of energy

and maybe even a little bit of nervousness or anxiety as well.

There's a couple of different feelings you could be having when you're wired.

The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase to hot wire.

I don't really know anything about this phrase.

I don't know how to hot wire a vehicle, but I thought it was worth mentioning

because you might hear it

if you're watching a show about the police or something like that or a movie.

When you hot wire a vehicle, it means you start it by

just touching wires together instead of turning the key.

I think it's harder on modern day vehicles to hot wire them,

but I think on older vehicles, if you know what you're doing,

you can pull the wires out of the dash and put the right two wires

together or three and the car will start without keys.

So to review, to be wired, when you are wired, you are just feeling very energetic

because you've had something that has stimulated you like caffeine or sugar.

And when you hot wire a vehicle,

it means you start it illegally without keys.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from Janith. Hi, Bob.

Sir, is there a difference between headlight and fog light?

And my response?

Headlights put a bright white light and are the main light on the front of a car.

Fog lights are lower on the front of the car and put out an orange or yellow light.

So great question.

It's too bad we don't have a vehicle to look at.

Oh, wait, we do.