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Cool If you are wired, you are fired!
Please explain the phrase :

" If you are wired, you are fired! "

What is the meaning or slang for ' wired ' ?
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Please explain the phrase :

" If you are wired, you are fired! "

What is the meaning or slang for ' wired ' ?
It migt be related to drugs.
If you are high on anything=if you are wired.
You lose your job=you are fired.
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It migt be related to drugs.
If you are high on anything=if you are wired.
You lose your job=you are fired.
You are correct, Banderas! The expression is definitely related to being high on drugs/alcohol.

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