smart as a whip
基本解释
- 聪明绝顶（俚语）
英汉例句
- Everybody says Tony is smart as a whip. He knows exactly what he can expect from the bureaucracy and how to get what he wants without the usual delay or trouble。
大家都说托尼聪明灵活，他很了解官僚机构的办事风格，并且总能避免那些通常的拖拖拉拉和繁琐手续来达到自己的目的。
edu.sina.com.cn - 1：Everybody says Tony is smart as a whip. He knows exactly what he can expect from the bureaucracy and how to get what he wants without the usual delay or trouble.
他说：大家都说Tony聪明灵活，他对官僚机构的门路一目了然，而且能避免那儿通常有的拖延麻烦而达到自己的目的。 - “I felt that she was disciplined, that she was precise, that she was smart as a whip, ” he told Mr. Wolffe, “and that she would present a really strong image to the world.”
奥巴马告诉沃尔夫说：“我觉得她很有自律精神，办事准确精当，精明干练。 而且，她也可以向世界强展示一个坚强有力的形象。” - She never got a college education even though she was smart as a whip.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House - Giffords is also smart-as-a-whip and a fierce advocate of developing solar power and other clean-tech jobs, especially in her sun-drenched southern Arizona district.
FORBES: The Woman Behind the Olbermann Tempest - He arrives like a breath of fresh air at the home of his sister and her family—which includes his niece, Charlotte (Teresa Wright), also nicknamed Charlie, a whip-smart recent high-school graduate who falls in love with him even as her own suspicions are raised.
NEWYORKER: Shadow of a Doubt