He put sharp tacks through the soles of Bertrand's shoes so that points project through.

"At 92," she reports, "he's still sharp as a very sharp tack."

Secure them with tape, not sharp tacks or nails.

Lethal hazards consist of cannon balls, which roll along the levels' platforms and ladders, and sharp tacks.

Pitt nimbly carved a sharp tack and swung on a parallel course with the rampaging airship.

Projecting from the strip of wood, like renewable shark's teeth, a gully of sharp tacks.

He's not the sharpest tack on the corkboard, but he tries hard.

There are a few people who are not the sharpest tacks in the box who post anti-English nonsense.

I'm not the sharpest tack in the toolshed as it is.

On page 320 of the book, Meyerowitz calls Kelly, "the sharpest tack in Brooklyn".