bright as a button/new penny

Of quick intelligence. The expression links the sparkle of a good mind with the shininess of a brass button or new coin. The adjective bright has been used in the sense of “quick-witted” and “intelligent” since about 1700.

词组	bright as a button/new penny
释义	bright as a button/new penny bright as a button/new penny Of quick intelligence. The expression links the sparkle of a good mind with the shininess of a brass button or new coin. The adjective bright has been used in the sense of “quick-witted” and “intelligent” since about 1700. See also: bright, button, new, penny The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: appropriate for bulletproof (as) quick as greased lightning (as) slick as a whistle man to man man-to-man muck-raking back to back back-to-back no-brow
随便看	put up (one's) dukes put up (one's) hand put up or shut up Put up or shut up! put up the money (for something) put up the shutters put up to put up with put up with (someone or something) Put up your dukes! put wear (and tear) on (something) put wear on put weight on put weight on some part of the body put wise put with put words in/into somebody's mouth put words in mouth put words in (one's) mouth put words in someone's mouth put words into (one's) mouth put words into someone's mouth put words into someone's mouth, to put years on (one) put years on somebody