a wise guy



a wise guy

  (American & Australian informal) also a wise-ass (American very informal!)
someone who is always trying to seem more clever than everyone else in a way that is annoying Okay, wise guy, if you're so damned smart, you can tell everyone how it's done! He's just some wise-ass who thinks he knows all the answers. (American & Australian informal)
See an old head on young shoulders
See also: guy, wise

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Benigno-Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
GordanGOR-dahn (Serbian, Croatian)Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Reshmi-Indian, Hindi, Bengali
NurNOOR (Arabic)Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, Indonesian, Malay
SergioSER-jo (Italian), SER-khyo (Spanish)Italian, Spanish
Timotheos-Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek