Knowing a lot about a particular topic may make you sound like a smarty, but it wont necessarily help in the workplace. 对某个话题的充分了解可能会让你听起来是个聪明的人,但对工作不一定有帮助。
But no creature anywhere can quite compare to a dancer in smarty pants. Yes! 但任何地方的生物都不能与像模像样的跳舞者相比。是的!
Tom was so stunned that he had not even presence of mind enough to say "Who cares, Miss Smarty?" until the right time to say it had gone by. 汤姆一下子被说懵了,等他转过神来要反驳一声“去你的吧,自以为是小姐”时,为时已晚。
It's always nice when a smarty pants scientist "discovers" an explanation to some frustrating or bizarre toddler behavior. 当一个自作聪明的科学家“发现”如何解释小孩一些令人沮丧或奇异的行为,这总是好的。