a budding genius

a budding genius

A young person who exhibits signs of great intelligence. This kid's a budding genius—have you seen the complex equations he can solve?
See also: budding, genius
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

budding genius

a very bright and promising young person. Harry is a budding genius, but he seems like a fairly normal teenager.
See also: budding, genius
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • budding
  • budding genius
  • genius
  • bud out
  • bud up
  • number cruncher
  • number-cruncher
  • square the circle
  • cut one's teeth on
  • cut teeth on
References in periodicals archive
Actually, it was a budding genius back in the 1960s when Joseph first started to take shape as a short school production.
One is a budding genius and the other a blooming idiot.