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Steel trap

noun

An acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps). "A mind like a steel trap"

A trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey.

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"Steel trap" Quotes from Famous Books

... Slovatsky put up his two huge hands, like hams, and his great arms, like iron beams and looked down on this lithe, agile bantam that was hopping about at his feet. Suddenly the bantam crouched, sprang, and recoiled like a steel trap. Something had crashed up against Slovatsky's chin. Red rage shook him. He raised his sledge-hammer right for a slashing blow. Moran was directly in the path of it. It seemed that he could no more ...

— Cheerful—By Request • Edna Ferber

... of red and white men probably never assembled here before, and a greater degree of joy and satisfaction was never evinced by the same number. The Indians went away with their canoes literally loaded with all an Indian wants, from silver to a steel trap, and a practical demonstration was given which will shut their mouths forever with regard to the oft-repeated scandal of the stinginess and injustice of the ...

— Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers • Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Words linked to "Steel trap" : acuteness, acuity, keenness, sharpness, trap