bright idea

1. A clever thought or plan. For example, John had a bright idea for saving space—we would each have a terminal but share the printer. This term uses bright in the sense of “intelligent” or “quick-witted” and may be employed either straightforwardly, as in the example above, or ironically, as in Jumping in the pool with your clothes on—that was some bright idea. [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

A bright idea - the image getting across is that William is just an ordinary Joe.

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“In 1999 after Yahoo and America Online had already gone up like tenfold, I got the bright idea at Soros to short internet stocks.”

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In other words, developing that alternative must be a democratic process, not just one person’s bright idea.

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It turned out, however, that they were not the only ones with this bright idea.

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He came up with the bright idea of claiming that the actor was of Siberian Jewish heritage when learning the truth of his identity.

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