combo of smartest guy in the room meets sharpest tool in the shed. see those definitions separately as this shouldn't be a combined term. who knew tools were smart. newsflash...they're not and is the person that says this is quite frankly the smartest in the tool shed
by WAKESTAR May 4, 2018
This phrase is a combination of the two phrases: the smartest guy in the room, and the sharpest tool in the shed. The phrases are practically identical in meaning, so combining the phrases is a move of a literary genius. The phrase: the smartest tool in the shed means the smartest tool in a hypothetical shed.
He’s not the smartest tool in the shed, it takes him a little bit to understand.
He might be the smartest tool in the shed, but that doesn’t make him a good person.
He might be the smartest tool in the shed, but that doesn’t make him a good person.
by Gmannetje June 27, 2022