"Bright as a button" nghĩa là gì?

Bên ngoài xinh đẹp, bên trong học giỏi. Photo courtesy Pacific_PaHS_Alumni 

"Bright as a button/ new penny" = sáng như nút cài bằng đồng hoặc đồng xu mới -> ý chỉ sự thông minh, sáng dạ, đối đáp nhanh nhạy. 

Ví dụ 
As usual, she's bright as a button, although this time she's not smiling. 

I was not expecting her to be alive, but she was at the Observatory Village .. bright as a button and lovely to talk to. 

The campaigner (người tham gia chiến dịch) continued: “If you can imagine going for an interview where there are people in their 40s looking bright as a button and you stagger (lảo đảo) in on your arthritic leg (chân bị viêm khớp). 

Tiny, but bright as a button, Yardley had a sponge-like mind (trí óc linh hoạt, nhạy bén) for facts, as well as a ferocious work ethic. She got a scholarship (học bổng) to the local girls’ grammar school, but the school’s limited curriculum (chương trình giảng dạy giới hạn) meant she had to take classes in science and maths at the neighbouring boys’ school. 

Thu Phương

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