street smarts



street smarts

  (American)
the knowledge and experience you need in order to deal with difficult and dangerous situations in a city The kids around here may not be much good at reading or writing, but they sure have a lot of street smarts.
See also: smart, street

street smarts

n. the knowledge and ability to survive on the urban street. If you don’t have street smarts, you won’t last long out there.
See also: smart, street

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ottaviano-Italian
LommÁN-Irish
Zenobiazə-NO-bee-ə (English)Ancient Greek
Riccarda-Italian
Yusra-Arabic
Talib-Arabic