bright spark

English - Turkish

Definition of bright spark in English Turkish dictionary

(deyim) keskin zekalı,canlı biri;akıllı,parlak çocuk

sivri akıllı

English - English

Definition of bright spark in English English dictionary

Sarcastically, a person who lacks intelligence, or who has displayed ignorance, foolishness or poor judgment

A person who is intelligent, clever or quick-witted

John's youngest is doing well at school. He's a bit of a bright spark, isn't he?.

If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way. `Why not give out one of the cybercafe's e-mail addresses?' suggested one bright spark Some bright spark turned the heating off last night!

Related Terms

bright sparks

plural form of bright spark

Hyphenation

Bright spark

Turkish pronunciation

brayt spärk

Pronunciation

/ˈbrīt ˈspärk/ /ˈbraɪt ˈspɑːrk/