bright spark

English

Noun

bright spark (plural bright sparks)

(colloquial, often ironic) A person who is intelligent, clever or quick-witted.
John's youngest is doing well at school. He's a bright spark, isn't he?
- 2004, David Robinson, An Expat's Life, Luxembourg & the White Rose, page 193:
  At some point the subject got onto sex and some bright spark decided it would be a good idea if I lost my virginity that night. I was not too keen on the idea as I was knackered and exceedingly pissed.

Translations

a clever person

French: tête (fr) f, flèche (fr) f
Maori: pūrātoke
Swedish: ljushuvud (sv) n

See also

References

“bright spark”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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