to be full of energy, to be pumped up
Fulano começou o serviço com a corda toda!
He started the job all fired up!
A familiar image for estar com a corda toda ("to be fully wound up") is that of wind-up clocks and mechanical toys. Winding stores energy in a spring, which drives the mechanism as it unwinds. A clock need not be fully wound to run, and winding it fully does not make it run at maximum speed: its rate is regulated.
Source: Escreva.ai. Grand Seiko.
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