street smartsnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈstriːt ˌsmɑːts/us/ˈstriːt ˌsmɑːrts/USthe ability to manage or succeed in difficult or dangerous situations, especially in big towns or cities:
You don't have the street smarts to last ten minutes in New York without getting ripped off.
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Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- responsible
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- wise
- wisely
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