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The guy who said "You go to women? Do not forget the whip!" was smart as a whip ... "
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Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
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What does "You go to women? Do not forget the whip!" mean?
As an Iranian citizen I have read most Nietzsche's books which have been translated in Persian/Farsi language as my mother tongue.

There are still debates between translators,philosophers and enthusiasts of philosophy about what this sentence from the book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra actually means:

"And thus spoke the little old woman: You go to women? Do not forget the whip!"

Some say it doesn't mean the same you read it word by word and has a different deeper meaning! It would be nice to find the ideas of German language audiences or experts who know German and have access to the original sources to find the correct meaning.

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(as) smart as a whip
(as) smart as a whip
Very intelligent, clever, or quick-thinking.
Ted's as smart as a whip, so he'll find a solution to this problem.
Of course Ellen is our valedictorian—she's as smart as a whip.
Ted's as smart as a whip, so he'll find a solution to this problem.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
smart as a whip
Very intelligent or clever, as in Little Brian is smart as a whip; he's only three and already learning to read. This simile alludes to the sharp crack of a whip. [Mid-1900s] Also see mind like a steel trap.
See also: smart, whip
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
smart as a whip
Very clever, highly intelligent. The sharp crack of a whip has been a metaphor for mental quickness since the mid-nineteenth century in America. “He was as smart as a whip,” wrote B. F. Taylor (World on Wheels, 1874), one of the early appearances of this expression in print. Several writers, among them Harriet Beecher Stowe and Erle Stanley Gardner, have used smart as a steel trap, presumably alluding to its rapidly closing on some hapless creature, but it has not replaced the older simile.
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The Dictionary of Clich;s by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer
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smart as a whip