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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
鈥淗e is smart as a whip, he鈥檚 a great dog, but they surrendered him because they don鈥檛 have time for him,鈥 Gambone said.
鈥淗e鈥檚 smart as a whip, agile, super curious and an amazing broadcaster,鈥 said news consultant Michael Clemente, Smith鈥檚 former boss at Fox News and a longtime ABC News executive.
鈥淚 told you he鈥檇 figure out how to find me. The boy鈥檚 smart as a whip!鈥
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, 鈥淪he鈥檚 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.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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