Idiom
sharp cookie
Meaning
One who is intelligent, bright, or sharp; especially, one who can identify attempts to deceive or mislead.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She's a sharp cookie and saw through his lies.”
“The lawyer was a sharp cookie who quickly noticed the contradiction in the witness's statement.”
“A sharp cookie who had survived three corporate takeovers, she immediately recognized the veiled threat beneath his polite words.”
Examples
simple
“She's a sharp cookie and saw through his lies.”
contextual
“The lawyer was a sharp cookie who quickly noticed the contradiction in the witness's statement.”
complex
“A sharp cookie who had survived three corporate takeovers, she immediately recognized the veiled threat beneath his polite words.”
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