as bright as a button

intelligently alert and lively – informalThere is a play here on bright in its Old English sense of shiny (like a polished metal : button) and bright in its transferred sense of quick-witted, found since the mid 18th century. intelligently alert and lively – informalThere is a play here on bright in its Old English

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Word	as bright as a button
Description	intelligently alert and lively – informal There is a play here on bright in its Old English sense of shiny (like a polished metal : button) and bright in its transferred sense of quick-witted, found since the mid 18th century. intelligently alert and lively – informal There is a play here on bright in its Old English

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