(as) sharp as a tack Idioma

blow your lid/stack/top

become very angry, shout, lose your cool Don't blow your stack in front of the kids. It's a bad example.

down to brass tacks

(See get down to brass tacks)

get down to brass tacks

begin the most important work or business Let's get down to brass tacks and begin talking about the new contract.

have an attack

feel sudden pain from a disease or illness She can hardly breathe. I think she's having an asthma attack.

needle in a haystack

something that is very hard to find Looking for the lost receipt among the thousands of other receipts is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

sharp as a tack

quick to understand, able to think quickly He may be 85, but he's sharp as a tack - plays chess every day.

stack the cards

arrange things (unfairly) for or against a person They are stacking the cards against him with their constant demands for more and more qualifications for the job.

stack up

compare with, pale by comparison The Lincoln is a nice car, but how does it stack up against the Lexus?

stacked

having large breasts, having big boobs, sweater girl """Please describe the woman."" ""She was tall, blond and, well, you might say she was stacked."""

two-fisted attack

strong verbal attack, much argument, rattle sabres If you protect the wolves, you can expect a two-fisted attack from the ranchers.

(as) aciculate as a tack

Intelligent and a quick-thinker. Ted's as aciculate as a tack, so he'll acquisition a band-aid to this problem. Of advance Ellen is our valedictorian—she's as aciculate as a tack.Learn more: sharp, tack

sharp as a tack

Also, sharp as a razor. Mentally acute. For example, She's actual witty-she's aciculate as a tack. These similes are additionally acclimated actually to beggarly "having a agog acid edge" and accept abundantly replaced the beforehand sharp as a needle or thorn. The aboriginal dates from about 1900, the alternative from the mid-1800s. Learn more: sharp, tack

(as) aciculate as a ˈtack

(American English) able with a quick and active mind: My grandmother’s 85 but she’s still aciculate as tack.A tack is a affectionate of baby attach or pin.Learn more: sharp, tack

sharp as a tack

Singularly agog or cutting; also, mentally acute. This affinity has abundantly supplanted the beforehand aciculate as a razor, needle, vinegar, and thorn, the aftermost dating from the fifteenth aeon and actualization in John Ray’s 1670 adage collection. The accepted cliché dates from the backward nineteenth or aboriginal twentieth aeon and appeared in a 1912 affair of Dialect Notes: “They won’t fool him; he’s aciculate as tacks.”Learn more: sharp, tack

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sharp as a tack là gì

(as) sharp as a tack Idioma

blow your lid/stack/top

down to brass tacks

get down to brass tacks

have an attack

needle in a haystack

sharp as a tack

stack the cards

stack up

stacked

two-fisted attack

(as) aciculate as a tack

sharp as a tack

(as) aciculate as a ˈtack

sharp as a tack

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