Sentence examples for brightest button from inspiring English sources

There is a perception in golf that Dustin Johnson is not the brightest button in the box.

If there's a process in place that you can't quite get your head around, don't assume it's because you're not the brightest button in the box.

Neither the brightest button or a character you particularly noticed had gone, certain eyebrows were raised when she returned in 2008 for brother Max's wedding/funeral.

This progressive stupidity is fine for the exceptionally bright, but if, like me, you didn't start out as the brightest button in the box, you have a problem on your hands (of course, not a problem you can solve, because, with every passing year … you get the picture).

Horrific though Anatole is, fondling the French governess' bodice while his intended fiancee serenaded him in Italian at the piano, it was Prince Vassily who yet again stole the show with his wheedling insincerities: "Will you not give me a little hope of touching so generous a heart?" "Anatole's not the brightest button in the box…" "The hairstyle is most becoming to the princess!" Brilliant.

There's also the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association, which hosts tourneys for the best and brightest button togglers.

David Beckham has done little to dispel the myths surrounding footballers - that they earn way too much money, marry models or pop princesses and aren't, well, the brightest buttons in the box, writes Liz Ford.

At his office, he was known for his red suspenders, bright button-down shirts, and fedora.

You might know them if they were masked, by their long tailed blue coats and bright buttons, and their drab trousers.

Downey waits for his close up, slugs a tequila at the bar and coolly tips a black trilby over those bright buttons he has for eyes.

To illustrate the concept, Badu wrapped the models' ankles in masking tape, while adorning their hats with bright buttons advertising various drugs: "XANAX," "MOLLY," "BOOZE," "PROZAC".