smarty pants

See also: smartypants

English

Alternative forms

smarty-pants, smartypants

Etymology

smart +‎ -y +‎ -pants

Noun

smarty pants (plural smarty pants)

(informal) A smart aleck or know-it-all.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:know-it-all

Translations

know-it-all

Dutch: betweter (nl) m, weetal (nl) m, wijsneus (nl) m
German: Schlaumeier (de) m
Japanese: 知識人 (ja) (ちしきじん, chishikijin), 物知り (ja) (ものしり, monoshiri), インテリ (ja) (interi)
Korean: 지식인(知識人) (ko) (jisigin)
Malay: palatao (ms) (slang)
Russian: всезнайка (ru) f (vseznajka)

See also

smarty boots

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