bright as a button



*bright as a button

intelligent; quick-minded. (Usually used to describe children. *Also: as ~.) Why, Mrs. Green, your little girl is as bright as a button. You can't fool Jane. She may be only six years old, but she's bright as a button.
See also: bright, button

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Radoslavarah-dah-SLAH-vah (Russian)Czech, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
LinwoodLIN-wuwdEnglish
MarjoleinMAHR-yo-lienDutch
Aroldoah-ROL-doItalian
Florinflo-REENRomanian
Chidike-Western African, Igbo