Idiom: as bright as a button

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To be as bright as a button means to be intelligent and lively.

This idiom is usually used with reference to children.

Examples of use:

1. My niece is interested in everything and always asking questions; she's as bright as a button.

2. Their new baby is as bright as a button!

In America people say as cute as a button.

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