Look wise = smarty-pants?

[Hiya Raymond]

Look wise = smarty-pants or smarty? Are they normal phrase? And how to use them?

Thanks!

 

[charliedeut]

As far as I know, "smarty-pants" is applied to someone who pretends to be cleverer/wiser/more intelligent/smarter than they really are. It can be used humorously or with irony, but it can also be rude if used seriously.

Anyway, it's an informal expression, as you can see: smarty-pants - definition of smarty-pants by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

 

[Rover_KE]

Hiya Raymond, I've never heard of 'look wise' meaning 'smarty-pants'.

What makes you think it might?

 

[Hiya Raymond]

Maybe just another Chinglish phrase like 'good(好）good（好） study（学习）, day（天） day（天） up（向上）' which actually means 'study hard and make progress every day'.But it's incorrect while 'long(好长) time（时间） no（不） see（见）' is totally correct.

 

[konungursvia]

To be honest, this sounds like roaring 30s Chicago gangland cant.