whiz kid

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whiz kid

A person, usually a child or young adult, who is exceptionally skilled or intelligent. He was developing software by the time he was 10 years old—he's a total computer whiz kid. Those whiz kids at the spelling bee are always so impressive to watch. Sarah's the new whiz kid in accounting. She'll help you tackle the budget in no time.
See also: kid, whiz
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a ˈwhizz-kid

(also ˈwhiz-kid) (informal) a person who is very good and successful at something, especially at a young age: ‘Who’s the new manager?’ ‘A financial whizz-kid from Harvard Business School.’
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

whiz kid

n. a young whiz. The boss’s new whiz kid doesn’t seem to be doing the job very well.
See also: kid, whiz
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

whiz kid

An exceptionally intelligent or precociously successful young person. The term is an alteration of Quiz Kids, a popular radio series of the 1940s that much later was revived on television. It involved a panel of five exceptionally bright children who were asked questions sent in by listeners. The current cliché was coined soon afterward and is no longer confined to children. The Economist had it in December 1962: “Critics . . . regard President Kennedy as a quiz kid surrounded by whiz kids.”
See also: kid, whiz
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • (as) mean as a junkyard dog
  • a whale of a
  • tech-nerd
  • media darling
  • (as) cross as a bear
  • OL
  • big ol'
  • big ole
  • olé
  • the bigger they come/are, the harder they fall
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The dramatic oversized presentation charts a craft which had a terrible time being 'born', evolving during the era of McNamara's 'whiz kids' in the Pentagon who wanted a new fighter for both Air Force and Navy personnel the TFX.
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In the book's most striking anecdote, an Iraqi says to one of Bremer's whiz kids: "You must have thoroughly studied the history of the British occupation of Iraq." "Yes, I did," the American proudly responds.
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The whiz kids of yesterday, who could become millionaires on an idea as long as it had a dotcom attached to it are now looking for jobs, and as the baby boomers get ready for retirement, the economists and labour market analysts are predicting shortages of labour, especially those in the skilled trades.
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A revolution to inject more enterprise into education is needed if the region's schoolchildren are to become the business whiz kids of tomorrow.
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As one of the "Whiz Kids" -- they brought basic accounting principles to Ford and marketed that as a sign of their brilliance--he was both abrasive and avaricious.
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