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smart as paint en · ADJ

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  1. (not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Very smart in appearance.
  2. (not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Very intelligent.
    • 'You have to be as smart as paint to keep this Puddin' in order. He's that artful, lawyers couldn't manage him.' 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding:
    • 'But now, you look here: you're young, you are, but you're as smart as paint. I see that when I set my eyes on you, and I'll talk to you like a man.' 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC: