have (your) ducks in a row

to organize things well.

I thought Mike was extremely smart and always had his ducks in a row.

Related vocabulary: put your own house in order

• have your nose in the air
• have your pick of
• have your pick of something
• have your share of
• have your share of something
• have your sights set on
• have your sights set on doing something
• have your sights set on something
• have your wicked way with
• have your wicked way with someone
• have your wits about
• have your wits about you
• have your work cut out
• have your work cut out for
• have your work cut out for you
• head and shoulders above ...
• head and shoulders above
• head and shoulders above someone
• head and shoulders above something
• head and shoulders above the others
• head and shoulders above [the others/the rest etc.]
• head and shoulders above the rest
• bad-mouth
• bad-mouth someone
• bad-mouth something