Sentences with phrase «sharp as a tack»

Smooth operators come across as being in control, confident, sharp as a tack, fully knowledgeable, highly experienced and ready to take over the reins with no identifiable inadequacies or problems.

«Though my cousin is still sharp as a tack at 110 - years - old, it's been getting harder and harder for him to care for himself,» Volma Overton said in a statement.

For example, when we hear that «he is as sharp as a tack,» or that «she is as bright as a penny,» we understand these as coded messages rather than as the literal truth.

In Halasian argot, people of all ages really do hail from all walks of life; America, a football hotbed, is that part of God's green earth which stretches from coast to coast; one's heart goes out to the less fortunate; athletics formulate character, as they have produced the stars of yesteryear, and have also given us the stars of today (the Bears themselves are coming of age under Finks, who is as sharp as a tack).

Because he worked hard and he was sharp as a tack.»

Theo was as sharp as a tack, showing us once again that with the right runs and movement, his pace can be a hugely effective weapon.

Plus, what are five great tips to help stay on track - and sharp as a tack!

my 18 month old is seriously underweight (my doc wants him to go to the FTT clinic even though he's sharp as a tack and exceeded all milestones)-- but the more we make an issue of his eating the worse it gets (of course)!

«Mr. Horwitz may be sharp as a tack in criminal court, but he's dumb as a doornail evidently when it comes to issues of free speech, which he has admitted to trying to regulate.

The honey lady is thin and elderly but sharp as a tack.

Forget the phrase, «sharp as a tack.»

✓ How gelatin's effects on the brain can calm your nerves, cause you to sleep like a baby and think sharp as a tack all day long

Old age does not mean that our brain function will fade; if we look after it our brain can stay sharp as a tack.

With that, here are my final recommendations: eat fish, practice Hara Hachi Bu, move and relax, and you'll be sharp as a tack for years to come.

He also gives it to his 95 year old father who is still as nimble as a flea and sharp as a tack... at 95!

The following vegetables are brain - boosting powerhouses and will keep your brain as sharp as a tack for many years to come.

My mother is 96 and is sharp as a tack, and she was a vegetarian, ate very little protein, and didn't start drinking wine til she hit 80.

Through it all, Iris Apfel remains calm, charming, witty, wise, sharp as a tack and tough as all get out.

Agnès Varda is still sharp as a tack and disarmingly funny, as both the video and printed interviews included in Cinelicious's set attest.

After you get past the unforgivable substitution of Jann Arden's putrid «Run Like Mad» for Paula Cole's «I Don't Want to Wait» as the show's main theme («Run Like Mad» may adorn the international version of the series, but for inveterate North American viewers, this is akin to replacing the «Friends» theme with Bon Jovi's «I'll Be There For You»), the Dolby Surround soundtracks are on a par with those of the previous seasons, i.e., sharp as a tack and resolutely unimaginative.

Her directing talent is sharp as a tack.

Her terrific performance in Amy Schumer's «Trainwreck» certainly convinced us that Swinton could play broad comedy and still remain sharp as a tack.

Im sharp as a tack on both at the mo

- winning ** screenwriter William Goldman (All the President's Men) and directed by Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men), this chiller starring Kathy Bates (Titanic) and James Caan (The Godfather), is «a Hitchcockian kind of cat - and - mouse» (The New York Times) gameplayed between two cunning mindsone as sharp as a tack and the other as blunt as a sledgehammer.

(It doesn't hurt that she's sharp as a tack and knows her way around an insult.)

«She's sharp as a tack, a Southern belle and sweet as can be, and very good for me.»

And the shadows weren't murky and washed out; they were sharp as a tack.

We at Sharp As A Tack wholeheartedly agree!

Set in Appalachia in the 1950s, this story about orphaned Ruby is as tender as a breeze and as sharp as a tack.

Agnes now struggles to keep her wits, keeping her ghostly companion a secret from Eleanor, not such an easy feat since Eleanor is sharp as a tack.

Even at age 83 Carl is sprightly, energetic and his mind is sharp as a tack.

Eager to please and willing to work but easily bored and sharp as a tack, the Miniature Bull Terrier might seem stubborn at times but he only wants a real challenge and something interesting to keep his eager mind occupied.

He is sharp as a tack, and remains his same witty and sassy self!

Step into the show itself, and you see rather randomly placed photographs, both color and black - and - white, some grainy, others sharp as tacks.

Once you find that combination, you'll be fast, thorough, and sharp as a tack!

I, on the other hand, just woke up and sharp as a tack.

And then one year my parents (yes, I knew by then: I was always sharp as a tack)... [more]

Sharp as a tack.

This continuing education keeps them as sharp as a tack when it comes to the life insurance market, insurance laws, rules and regulations.

But we must admit the 3,840 - by - 2,160 display makes fine details sharp as a tack, while also offering wide viewing angles.

According to many studies, recruiters spend between five and seven seconds skimming a resume before they move on to the next one, which means that regardless of job availability, your resume has to be sharp as a tack.

While Buffett is healthy and sharp as a tack, he has says that even if his muscles weaken and his stamina slows, he'll continue to do business as usual because that won't affect his ability to pick stocks or buy companies.

You are sharp as a tack girl!!!

She's sharp as a tack.

Not exact matches

To qualify as even an adequate investigation, the Ghost Hunters would surely return the next night, perhaps even the night after that, maybe every night for a week, until rather than a blurry photo of a possible ghost they had a tack - sharp photo of an actual one.

Letterboxed at 1.85:1 and enhanced for 16x9 displays, the bleached - out image is nonetheless lush and tack - sharp — as clear as the Mediterranean, one might say.

THE BLU - RAY DISC by Bill Chambers The third Dario Argento title to get a Blu - ray upgrade from Blue Underground in as many months might just be the best of them from a transfer standpoint, though with its tack - sharp focus and hard, flat lighting schemes, the film probably lends itself to HiDef better than the more diffuse, more baroque Deep Red and Inferno.

As is wont to happen when shooting with the Red camera, whites run hot, but detail, tack - sharp though it is, has cinematic affectations that transcend digital video.

Of course, the steering isn't as tack - sharp as the Civic's and the lack of top - end grunt was evident on both short straights.

On top of that, the right regimen will involve plenty of physical education as well, meaning your duck dog will be tack - sharp mentally and ready to go physically.