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Idiom

bright spark

Meaning

A person who is intelligent, clever or quick-witted.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She is a bright spark who solves puzzles very quickly.”

“The teacher noticed he was a bright spark when he found a creative solution to the difficult math problem.”

“Although he often acted the fool, his teachers recognized him as a bright spark capable of profound academic achievement.”

Examples

simple

“She is a bright spark who solves puzzles very quickly.”

contextual

“The teacher noticed he was a bright spark when he found a creative solution to the difficult math problem.”

complex

“Although he often acted the fool, his teachers recognized him as a bright spark capable of profound academic achievement.”

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