sharp as a tack

sharp as a tack

English

Adjective

sharp as a tack (not comparable)

1. (simile, colloquial) very intelligent
   • 1999, Tina Koch et al., Still Me, Wakefield Press, pages 148 :

     When Mum died at ninety she was still as sharp as a tack. Everything else wore out.

   • 2005, David E. Talbert, Love on the Dotted Line (page 12)

     But Ophelia was smart. Sharp as a tack. Everybody in the firm knew it.

Translations

very intelligent

Hungarian: vág az esze, mint a borotva