<span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> (not comparable) (simile, colloquial) Very intelligent. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intelligent 1999, Tina Koch et al., Still Me, Wakefield...
Blu-<span class="searchmatch">Tack</span> change of <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> coffin <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> down <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> false <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> hardtack hold <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> on the <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> short-<span class="searchmatch">tack</span> sit on <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> switch <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> claw...
“one's mind cuts like <span class="searchmatch">a</span> razor” IPA(key): [ˈfoɡ ɒz ˈɛsɛ mint <span class="searchmatch">ɒ</span> ˈborotvɒ] fog az esze, mint <span class="searchmatch">a</span> borotva (simile) to be <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">tack</span>, to be quick-witted...
cuts like <span class="searchmatch">a</span> razor” IPA(key): [ˈvaːɡ ɒz ˈɛsɛ mint <span class="searchmatch">ɒ</span> ˈborotvɒ] vág az esze, mint <span class="searchmatch">a</span> borotva (simile) to be <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">tack</span>, to be bright <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> button (to...
at the Etymology scriptorium.) (<span class="searchmatch">as</span>) smart <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> whip (not comparable) (simile) Very intelligent. Synonym: <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> 1883 November 22, “Her Thanksgiving”...
pin-<span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> razor <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> scary <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> bowling ball <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> butter knife <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span>-beaked ground finch sharpbill <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> cedar <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> cookie...
2014, C.B. McKenzie, Bad Country, page 108: She's <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> when she wants to be and still tight <span class="searchmatch">as</span> Dick's Hatband about her money. (very tight-fitting):...
przybić pf (imperfective przybijać) (transitive) to nail, to <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> (affix using nails or other <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> objects) (transitive) to dock, to sail ashore (transitive)...
108: She's <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> <span class="searchmatch">as</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> when she wants to be and still tight <span class="searchmatch">as</span> Dick's Hatband about her money. See Category:English intensifiers <span class="searchmatch">as</span> fine <span class="searchmatch">as</span> Dick's hatband...
(perfective przybić) (transitive) to nail down, to <span class="searchmatch">tack</span> down (to affix using nails or other <span class="searchmatch">sharp</span> objects) (transitive) to dock, to sail ashore (transitive)...