"listo coma un allo" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Galician]

Etymology: Attested since 1707 as vivo como un allo, which can be interpreted as “pungent as a garlic” > “acute”. Literally, “smart as a garlic”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|smart as a garlic}} “smart as a garlic”, {{lit|smart as a garlic}} Literally, “smart as a garlic” Head templates: {{head|gl|adjective}} listo coma un allo
  1. (simile) smart as a whip Synonyms: listo coma un lóstrego, vivo como un allo
    Sense id: en-listo_coma_un_allo-gl-adj-DIJf~iZ8 Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header, Galician similes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "english": "Afonso:\nHow is doing my godchild?\nChristobo:\nHe already want to go to school,\nbut since he has no robe\nis all the time in the field\nto drive away the livestock.\nAfonso:\nBut this is not correct,\nbecause he is smart as a whip,\nacute as a pepper grain,\nand if he wants to be a bachelor,\neven if I have to sell the yoke oxen,\nI ought to give him estate.",
          "ref": "1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:",
          "text": "Afonso:\nE como està o afillado?\nChristobo:\nEsse jà quer ir a Escola,\npero porque non tèn sayo\nestà decote na Eyra\npara escorrentar o Gando.\nAfonso:\nPois esso non e ben feyto,\nporque e vivo coma vn allo,\nfino coma vnha pimenta,\ne se quer ser Lecenceado\nan que venda os bois do jugo\nlle teño de dar estado.",
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          "ref": "1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:",
          "text": "Afonso:\nE como està o afillado?\nChristobo:\nEsse jà quer ir a Escola,\npero porque non tèn sayo\nestà decote na Eyra\npara escorrentar o Gando.\nAfonso:\nPois esso non e ben feyto,\nporque e vivo coma vn allo,\nfino coma vnha pimenta,\ne se quer ser Lecenceado\nan que venda os bois do jugo\nlle teño de dar estado.",
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