单词 | sharp as a tack |
释义 | sharp as a tackSEE SYNONYMS FOR sharp as a tack ON THESAURUS.COM Also, sharp as a razor. Mentally acute. For example, She's very witty—she's sharp as a tack. These similes are also used literally to mean “having a keen cutting edge” and have largely replaced the earlier sharp as a needle or thorn. The first dates from about 1900, the variant from the mid-1800s. Words nearby sharp as a tackSharm al-Sheikh, Sharon, sharon fruit, Sharonville, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharpbender, sharpbill, sharp-cut, Sharpe, sharp-eared 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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