smart as a whip

Very intelligent or clever, as in Little Brian is smart as a whip; he's only three and already learning to read. This simile alludes to the sharp crack of a whip. [Mid-1900s] Also see mind like a steel trap.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Phunihel	-	Biblical Latin
Simon	SIE-mən (English), see-MAWN (French), ZEE-mawn (German), SEE-mawn (Dutch)	English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, Macedonian
Periklis	-	Greek
Kirby	KUR-bee	English
Lauchlan	-	Scottish
Yasmeen	-	Persian, Arabic