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
Patriziopah-TREE-tsyoItalian
Osborn['ɔzbən]
Carolyn['kærəlin]
Luka-Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic
NathanNAY-thən (English), na-TAWN (French)English, French, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Bibigul-Kazakh