"mind like a steel trap" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-mind like a steel trap.ogg [Australia] Forms: minds like steel traps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|minds like steel traps}} mind like a steel trap (plural minds like steel traps)
  1. (simile) A remarkably efficient mind; great skill in learning and/or reasoning.
    Sense id: en-mind_like_a_steel_trap-en-noun-gW-n3Yag Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

Inflected forms

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