smart cookies
Quick-witted folks
Smart cookies are clever, capable people who are not easily fooled: Those are some smart cookies you've got working for you.
The phrase is informal and often approving, suggesting both intelligence and practical shrewdness.
A smart cookie knows how to handle situations and look out for their own interests.
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
- intelligentHaving mental acuity
- astuteMentally sharp, discerning
- sharp as a tackExtremely intelligent and alert
- savvyPractical shrewdness
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