a budding genius

A young person who exhibits signs of great intelligence. This kid's a budding genius—have you seen the complex equations he can solve?

budding genius

a very bright and promising young person. Harry is a budding genius, but he seems like a fairly normal teenager.

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Actually, it was a budding genius back in the 1960s when Joseph first started to take shape as a short school production.

One is a budding genius and the other a blooming idiot.

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