Talk:гол как сокол

smart
I can't understand this: "absolutely poor (literally: "naked") (but implied to be smart)". What does "implied to be smart" mean? "Absolutely poor" sounds like a person who is penniless, but "implied to be smart" makes it sound like he is not penniless at all, but he is very intelligent. I'm confused. —Stephen (Talk) 19:25, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe it means "poor but resourceful (street-smart)"? But we need Atitarev. --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 19:33, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's sort of street-smart because "necessity is the mother of invention", which is in Russian where  also means "poor". The implied extended meanings are in the usage examples. Please suggest how to re-write the definition. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 01:24, 21 January 2018 (UTC)