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smart as paint

adj

Definitions

  1. Very smart in appearance.

  2. Very intelligent.

    • 'But now, you look here: you're young, you are, but you're as smart as paint. I see that when I set my eyes on you, and I'll talk to you like a man.'
    • 'You have to be as smart as paint to keep this Puddin' in order. He's that artful, lawyers couldn't manage him.'

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