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smart as a whip
Idioms and Phrases
Very intelligent or clever, as in Little Brian is smart as a whip; he's only three and already learning to read . This simile alludes to the sharp crack of a whip. [Mid-1900s] Also see mind like a steel trap .Example Sentences
âHe is smart as a whip, heâs a great dog, but they surrendered him because they donât have time for him,â Gambone said.
âHeâs smart as a whip, agile, super curious and an amazing broadcaster,â said news consultant Michael Clemente, Smithâs former boss at Fox News and a longtime ABC News executive.
âI told you heâd figure out how to find me. The boyâs smart as a whip!â
Junior was a rotund little man with a cherubic face, who was as smart as a whip and liked all over the town.
She wrote, âSheâs smart as a whip, understands so many of the issues we face well, and at a personal level, and is so articulate in her logic.â
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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