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razor-sharp	Very clever or quick-witted.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick	Better than nothing; not unsatisfactory but also not a reason for enthusiastic excitement.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
sharp-elbowed	Pushy; having a boldly assertive manner intended to establish an advantage.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
back in the knife drawer, Miss Sharp	Said as a retort to somebody who has made a cutting remark.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
razor-sharp	As sharp as a razor; extremely sharp.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
razor-sharp	As sharp as a razor, extremely or ultimately sharp.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sharp as a knife	not a dumbass, the opposite, smart.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sharp as a tack	Very intelligent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sharp cookie	One who is intelligent, bright, or sharp; especially, one who can identify attempts to deceive or mislead.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sharp tongue	The practice or characteristic of speaking to others in a harsh, critical, or insulting manner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sharp-elbowed	Possessing narrow, bony, rather pointed elbows.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on pins and needles	Feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety; in a state of suspense.	Rate it: (3.67 / 3 votes)
Hot Shot	Sharp Person, Really With-It, "In the Swing of It, Svelte, Mayhaps Be Swell? Sophisticated. Sharp Kat et al	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick	Alternative form of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick	Alternative form of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick	Rate it: (1.00 / 2 votes)
cut like a knife	To be very sharp (of a character, or remark)	Rate it: (1.00 / 2 votes)
better than a poke in the eye	Alternative form of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail	Alternative form of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cutting edge	The sharp edge of the blade of a knife.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
en dos d'âne	Sloping on both sides, sharp-ridged.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fin comme l'ambre	As sharp as a needle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fingernails on a chalkboard	a phrase used to liken the sharp or shrill sound that is made when fingernails are scratched across a chalkboard to something that sounds sharp or shrill like that	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get your sh-t together!	Collect Your Thoughts, Get The Tools, Get Prepared, Gird Your Loins, Be Fully Focused, Be Wide Awake, Be Guarded Expect About Anything, Be Sharp.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in focus	Sharp and clear with no fuzziness.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
like a hawk	With particular vigilance or attention, implying sharp vision.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
plus vite que ça (fam.)	Look sharp about it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take off!	An order, a sharp command, a desultory admonition, Take Your Leave, now!, Get Lost!, Leave Town!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
veillez au grain	Keep a sharp look-out.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wolf in sheep's clothing	Grammar school stories told of the Wily wolf wearing a sheepskin costume as he stealthily circles the grazing sheep seeking to snatch a helpless little lamb in his sharp-toothed and drooling vicious jaws!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)