razor-sharp

English

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razor sharp

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Adjective

razor-sharp

As sharp as a razor; extremely sharp.
The executioner was proud that he kept his axe razor-sharp, so no prisoner would feel any pain when his head was cut off.
- 2002 March 20, Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (PlayStation video game, North American version), Konami:
  
  [flavor text of the card "Zera The Mant"]
  
  A huge, brutal monster that attacks with razor-sharp claws.
(idiomatic) Very clever or quick-witted.

Translations

as sharp as a razor, extremely or ultimately sharp

German: messerscharf (de), rasiermesserscharf (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ξυρήκης (xurḗkēs)

Hungarian: borotvaéles

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