(as) sharp as a steel trap Idiom, Proverb

build a better mousetrap

improve a common product If you're not an inventor, you try to build a better mousetrap.

claptrap

nonsense, trivia, bull I heard what the psychic said. What a lot of claptrap!

fall into a trap

be tricked, be deceived When the lawyer asks you questions, don't fall into a trap.

strapped

having very little money, nearly flat broke I can't afford to go to a concert this month. I'm strapped.

strapped for cash

have no money available I am a little strapped for cash so I won

tourist trap

place that is overpriced and attracts tourists He thinks that Hawaii is a tourist trap and doesn

strap

a gun

trap

to sell drugs

pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps

Idiom(s): pull oneself up (by one's own bootstraps)

Theme: DETERMINATION

to achieve (something) through one's own efforts.
• They simply don’t have the resources to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.
• If I could have pulled myself up, Id have done it by now.

have a mind like a steel trap

Idiom(s): have a mind like a steel trap

Theme: INTELLIGENCE

to have a very sharp and agile mind; to have a mind capable of fast, incisive thought.
• Sally can handle the questioning. She has a mind like a steel trap.
• If I had a mind like a steel trap, I wouldn't have so much trouble concentrating.

(as) aciculate as a animate trap

Able to accept or butt advice quickly. David's as aciculate as a animate trap, so if you accord him the instructions, he'll chase them perfectly.Learn more: sharp, steel, trap

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have a run of bad luck have a rough time of it have a right to have a price on one's head have a pick-me-up have a penchant for have a near miss have a mind like a steel trap have a low boiling point have a lot on one's mind have a lot of promise have a lot going have a heart-to-heart talk have a heart of stone have a heart of gold (as) quiet as a mouse (as) quiet as the grave (as) rare as hens' teeth (as) rare as rocking horse crap (as) rare as rocking horse manure (as) rare as rocking horse poo (as) rare as rocking horse shit (as) red as a beetroot (as) red as a cherry (as) red as a poppy (as) red as a rose (as) red as a ruby (as) red as blood (as) regular as clockwork (as) rich as Croesus (as) right as a trivet (as) right as ninepence (as) right as rain (as) rough as rawhide (as) round as Giotto's O (as) safe as houses (as) scarce as hens' teeth (as) screwed up as Hogan's goat (as) sharp as a needle (as) sharp as a razor (as) sharp as a steel trap (as) sharp as a tack (as) sharp as a whip (as) sick as a dog (as) sick as a parrot (as) sick as a pig (as) silent as the dead (as) silent as the grave (as) silly as a goose (as) silly as a wheel (as) skinny as a beanpole (as) skinny as a rail (as) slick as a whistle (as) slick as snot (as) slippery as an eel (as) slow as molasses (as) slow as molasses in January (as) sly as a fox (as) smart as a whip (as) smart as paint (as) smooth as a baby's bottom (as) smooth as glass (as) smooth as silk (as) sober as a judge (as) soft as a baby's backside (as) soft as a baby's bottom