sharp as a tack
Example Sentences
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Whittle said Rutan had been courageous in his final hours at the hospital — sharp as a tack, calm and joking with them about what might come next after death.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024
“There is a difference because I know people that are 90 years old that are sharp as a tack — in fact, some of them are smarter than they were 20 years before.”
From Washington Times • Jul. 7, 2023
“There are huge individual differences in how people age. Some are sharp as a tack at 90 or 100, some have cognitive impairment in their 50’s,” Aldwin said.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2023
"She brought a great tempo, sharp as a tack, you saw that down the short side when she set up Sarah McKenna for the first try," said Middleton of Hunt.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2022
“Smart as a whip, sharp as a tack, you'd have to get up pretty late at night to put anything past this lad,” said the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
