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bright idea
Idioms and Phrases
A clever thought or plan. For example, John had a bright idea for saving space—we would each have a terminal but share the printer . This term uses bright in the sense of “intelligent†or “quick-witted†and may be employed either straightforwardly, as in the example above, or ironically, as in Jumping in the pool with your clothes on—that was some bright idea . [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
It turned out, however, that they were not the only ones with this bright idea.
He came up with the bright idea of claiming that the actor was of Siberian Jewish heritage when learning the truth of his identity.
Add the bright idea of having Harris sit down with Barrymore to that column.
About 30 camels — survivors of a bright idea about using these “ships of the desert†in the American West — were sent down from Ft.
It became the disrupter's mantra, a philosophy that could turn a bright idea into a glittering fortune in a twinkle.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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