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So you’re cooking with your teenage daughter, and she’s helping you out with the salad.
She needs to chop the carrots, and you pass her the best knife for the job.
But you want to warn her that the knife is sharp and that she needs to be careful.
How do you do this?
You could say:
That knife is sharp. Be careful!
or…
That knife is very sharp. Be careful!
or even…
That knife really is extremely sharp. Be careful!
And all of these are… OK.
But there’s a better way to make sure your daughter’s careful with that knife.
This is how. Say…
That knife is razor sharp. Be careful!
Much more effective, right?
razor sharp = very, very sharp
In English, a lot of adjectives can work in idiomatic ways like this. Because they’re idiomatic, they’re more visual and, as a result, more powerful.
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