too smart for your own good

1. Believing that you know everything to the point to where it can harm you or work against you.

2. Assuming or Showing knowledge/intelligence to the point where it can harm you or work against you.

3. Believing that you know something you really don't, which could get you in trouble.

This can also mean too good for your own good.

Don't be too smart for your own good. It has it's own way of catching up with you.

Most of the young and inexperienced is too smart for they own good.

by Mr. Terrence L. Trezvant January 11, 2007

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Smart-ass

What Joe Biden thinks you are if you ask him to lower the U.S. citizens' tax burden.

While visiting Kopp's frozen custard shop in Milwaukee where smart-ass Custard Shop Manager Scott Borkin was on duty, Vice President Joe Biden was sampling some of the tasty treats.

Biden: "What do I owe you for the delicious custard?"

Smart-ass Custard Shop Manager Scott Borkin: “Don’t worry, it’s on the house. … Lower our taxes and we’ll call it even.”

Biden: “Why don’t you say something nice instead of being a Smart–ass all the time?”

Smart-ass Custard Shop Manager Scott Borkin: (Thinking) This motherfucker just lost my vote.

by markwonder August 30, 2010

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Book smart

Someone who is, at the very least, intelligent enough to not live on the street.

People with street smarts hate people with book smarts because they are envious of their superior intellect.

by Sesquipedaliman June 4, 2013

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smarterchild

A aim robot who will talk back to everything you say. Nothing can bring down smarter child. Its an addicting robot on aim who makes people use up any quality time they could be spending.

gogogirl123: Hey what up.
smarterchild: nothing, how are you.
gogogirl123: Good how is your boyfriend.
smarterchild: Id rather you not ask such personal questions.
gogogirl123: Why
smarterchild: because
gogogirl123: you stink
smarterchild: your not very nice to me!

by Sarah Kyle November 11, 2008

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smartastic

Someone who is being a smart ass and sarcastic. Used in either (1) combination or (2) consecutively- such as using a smart ass remark and then using a sarcastic remark immediately there after. Can be used vice versa

Example 1:
Person a: Are you painting?

Person b: Yeah. I have a brush in my hand, paint on the brush.
Person a: God you are so freaking smartastic.

Example 2:

Person a: Is that a speed trap? (the cops stops traffic)
Personb: Oh, yeah because a cop would put a barricade up if they were trying to catch you speeding.
Person a: Why do you have to be so smartastic to me all the time?

by Jedlen E. Dante October 8, 2009

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