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sharp as a tack

adj

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  1. Very intelligent.

    • When Mum died at ninety she was still as sharp as a tack. Everything else wore out.
    • But Ophelia was smart. Sharp as a tack. Everybody in the firm knew it.
    • Dr. Anthony Fauci, national infectious disease guru, is five months my senior, sharp as a tack even under withering political fire;

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