mind like a steel trap, have a

Be very quick to understand something, as in Aunt Ida may be old, but she still has a mind like a steel trap. This simile likens the snapping shut of an animal trap to a quick mental grasp.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Parham	['pærəm]
Gautama	GAW-ta-ma	Sanskrit
Claud	[klɔ:d]
Emilia	e-MEEL-yah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), E-mee-lee-ah (Finnish), e-MEE-lee-ah (Swedish)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Arachne	ə-RAK-nee (English)	Greek Mythology
Prabhu	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Kannada