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Idiom

bright young thing

Meaning

One who is youthful, clever, eager, and high-spirited in manner and attractive in appearance.

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

Examples

“She is a bright young thing with a great future.”

“The company hired a bright young thing to lead their new marketing team because she has so many fresh ideas.”

“The party was filled with every bright young thing in the city, all eager to make their mark on the social scene.”

Examples

simple

“She is a bright young thing with a great future.”

contextual

“The company hired a bright young thing to lead their new marketing team because she has so many fresh ideas.”

complex

“The party was filled with every bright young thing in the city, all eager to make their mark on the social scene.”

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