| 单词 | smart as a whip |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmart as a whip a. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). smart as a whip: very sharp or lively; spec. extremely intelligent or clever. Cf. whip-smart adj. ΚΠ 1821 Supporter & Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 7 Nov. 1/2 His daughters are as lively and as smart as a whip. 1860 Republican Jrnl. (Columbus, Wisconsin) 9 Feb. 1/7 Mr. A—— was a prompt and successful business man, ‘smart as a whip’, as the Yankees say. 1909 Out West June 556 Miss June and I grew up together, went to school together; she's about five years the younger, but smart as a whip. 1958 J. L. Herlihy & W. Noble Blue Denim (1986) i. 18 But don't get it into your head that kid's not as smart as a whip... Some day he's going to be a big executive for the Detroit Edison company. 1988 Chicago Tribune 28 Oct. 23 Paul Pryde is the same man I have known all these years: smart as a whip, an astute economic and political analyst, with a keen eye for opportunity disguised as disadvantage. 2010 Good Housek. (Nexis) 1 Apr. 66 My little dog Karoo is smart as a whip. She knows where the craft-services [food] tables are. < as lemmas |
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