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a fast learner
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someone who learns new things quickly
A classic job-interview phrase. 'A quick learner' means the same; 'a slow learner' is the opposite.
In context
I don't have much experience yet, but I'm a fast learner.
My niece is a fast learner and picked up the piano in a few months.
More idioms about study
- a bookworma person who loves reading and reads a lot
- a bright sparksaid ironically about someone whose clever idea was actually silly
- a closed booka subject that you do not understand or know anything about
- a crash coursea short course that teaches a lot in a very short time
- a dab hand at somethingvery good at a particular skill or activity