His large, rumpled Irish amiability makes a fine contrast to Johnson's high-strung, nervous impatience.
In the early stories, we're told of Biggles' high-strung nervous laugh: he doesn't, he says, expect to live long.
When Americans use hyper as a slang adjective, we usually are shortening hyperactive, meaning "high-strung, nervous in the service".
Lest we forget, his playing reminds us that these are jazz songs in an early '60s tradition; their musical and lyrical diction has a high-strung nervous energy.
"Back in 1976, a bright, honest young real estate salesman by the name of Al Winnikoff showed a house for sale to a high-strung, nervous, scrap-metal dealer by the name of Charley Spenditall," they write.
My mother worked, she was unbelievably phobic, she was a high-strung, nervous woman.
It was in Gielgud's words "a highly-strung, nervous, hysterical part which depended a lot upon emotion".
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama praised her confident portrayal of the character and believed that she was the real star of the film, and Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India added that she "does an exquisite metamorphosis from a wispy, high-strung, nervous child-woman to a stunning ramp diva".
The specific meanings are as follows: If the life line is absent, the person is said to be high-strung, anxious, and nervous.
