A bright spark

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Here's a clever expression that can describe someone doing something stupid.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
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0:06.0	The English we speak.
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0:14.0	Hello. See Learning English. English. . . . Hello, this is the English we speak.
0:17.0	I'm Faye, and hello I'm Rob.
0:19.0	Hey Rob, you know we've got a bright spark in our office.
0:24.0	A bright spark.
0:26.0	Oh yes, by that you mean someone intelligent?
0:29.0	Well...
0:30.0	Someone full of energy?
0:32.0	I didn't exactly... Someone with clever ideas? Fé Faye Faye there's no need to waste everyone's time.
0:39.0	Just say my name Rob is the bright spark in the office.
0:43.0	Um, Rob, that is just one definition of a bright spark.
0:48.0	A bright spark can describe someone who is clever, intelligent with lots of energy.
0:54.6	But this isn't the definition that applies to you, Rob.
0:58.0	Oh, so come on, Faye, when else would you describe someone as a bright spark?
1:03.4	Well, it can be used sarcastically and humorously to describe someone who thinks they are
1:09.3	intelligent, but actually does something stupid, a bit like this.
1:15.0	Which bright spark suggested we go for a walk on the wettest day of the year?
1:22.0	Come on, own up. a walk on the wettest day of the year.
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