My sources tell me he was as sharp as a tack when they saw him a week or two before.

I called him not knowing what to expect, but he is as sharp as a tack.

I'd forgotten what she was like: as sharp as a tack.

She is still as sharp as a tack but, by God, she's done her duty.

So far in this series, their fielding has been as sharp as a tack.

But the mind is as sharp as a tack.

He could be as sharp as a tack.

She's softly spoken but as sharp as a tack.

It means that at age ninety-two she is still as sharp as a tack and in control of the family fortune.

He said Mubarak was physically weak but mentally as sharp as a tack.

He has the brilliant knack of appearing utterly distracted while remaining as sharp as a tack.

Back in the day when she was running point for her company's communications campaigns, I found Jane to be as sharp as a tack.

"She was as sharp as a tack.

Dan comments 'Paceley was as sharp as a tack and super dependable.

Some of the fielding was as sharp as a tack, some was moderate.

Jobs was "really nervous" and afraid the aging Dylan would disappoint him, but "he was as sharp as a tack."

The narrator, despite his circumstances, is erudite, humorous, larger than life, with a mind that is as sharp as a tack.

My left hand's doing good, right hand's doing alright, my mind's as sharp as a tack.

Williams still looked as sharp as a tack here at Eden Park, leaving Roberts to say: “We would love him to continue.

He developed it as a personal style, though he was verbally as sharp as a tack when he wanted to be.

He is not merely as sharp as a tack, he is the standard by which they sharpen tacks.

He can still struggle with his speech and I think some people might think Scotty's not all there - but he's as sharp as a tack.

''He'll fight at 57kg for now, and he'll be as sharp as a tack at that weight.''

Despite his frailty, Mr Milford said his father had remained "as sharp as a tack" and never lost his sense of humour.

“She’s incredible to look at,” says Jeremy Langmead, editor of Esquire magazine, “but she’s as sharp as a tack and a very good operator.”