У-94

УМА ПАЛАТА (у кого) coll, occas. iron NP Invar usu. used as VP subj/ gen with бытье (pres or, rare, past) or as subj-compl with бытье (subj: human fixed WO

s.o. is very intelligent: у X-a ума палата = X has a lot of brains

X is (as) smart as they come X is (as) smart as a whip X is (as) sharp as a tack X is big (long) on brains.