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smart as a whip
Thesaurus| Adj. | 1.smart as a whip - having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"brainy, brilliantintelligent - having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" |
smart as a whip
(as) smart as a whipVery intelligent, clever, or quick-thinking. Ted's as smart as a whip, so he'll find a solution to this problem. Of course Ellen is our valedictorian—she's as smart as a whip.See also: smart, whipsmart as a whipVery 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. See also: smart, whipsmart as a whipVery clever, highly intelligent. The sharp crack of a whip has been a metaphor for mental quickness since the mid-nineteenth century in America. “He was as smart as a whip,” wrote B. F. Taylor (World on Wheels, 1874), one of the early appearances of this expression in print. Several writers, among them Harriet Beecher Stowe and Erle Stanley Gardner, have used smart as a steel trap, presumably alluding to its rapidly closing on some hapless creature, but it has not replaced the older simile.See also: smart, whipsmart as a whip
Synonyms for smart as a whipadj having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligenceSynonymsRelated Words |