Streetwise

Definition

streetwise /'stri:twaÇz/ (also street-smart /'stri:- tsmɑ:t/) adj ( infml ) ၿမိဳ႕ရည္လည္ေသာ။

Examples

1. ‘You had to be young
2. streetwise and easy to talk to as well as being able to do the practical things - literacy and numeracy
3. doing presentations
4. working with other people and all that.’
5. ‘Unfortunately
6. too much of Blige's appeal is wrapped up in her gruff
7. streetwise persona and not enough is focused on her enjoyable but often pedestrian musical instincts.’
8. ‘Forced to play this ‘home’ fixture at Northampton
9. the Londoners attracted a crowd of just 3
10. 595 and were edged out in an entertaining game by their more streetwise visitors.’
11. ‘Poulter is streetwise enough not to bite the hand that feeds.’
12. ‘Another reason for the jump was the big influx of students in Sheffield who ‘were not necessarily streetwise
13. ’ said Mr Hedges.’
14. ‘His experiences are contrasted with those of Joe
15. who is much more politically aware
16. cynical and streetwise.’
17. ‘She would say that she was streetwise and it wouldn't happen to her
18. but I was terrified.’
19. ‘They even share a house servant
20. Manuelo
21. more worldly and streetwise than anyone else around.’
22. ‘In accepting the challenge of writing a chapter on the relationship between theory and research in criminology
23. I am streetwise enough to know that I invite at least two lines of criticism.’
24. ‘You can very quickly go very high and very low in the same week and I think it makes London kids very streetwise and very society-wise.’
25. ‘With this level of fear it is questionable to what degree today's working class children are becoming streetwise
26. and able to look after themselves.’
27. ‘He is an amazingly streetwise guy with a tremendous intellect.’
28. ‘I am streetwise and clever and realise that any other course of action might have led to me having my head kicked in.’
29. ‘The striker is only 19 but was still streetwise enough to cut across Balde as he entered the box.’
30. ‘We have also got a lot more streetwise
31. and playing against the best sides has raised skill levels and mental awareness.’
32. ‘He was streetwise
33. but at the same time there was this fragility about him.’
34. ‘PC Hall said: ‘A lot of children over the age of five are very streetwise and get a basic understanding from their parents.’’
35. ‘This trick was quite common in Kingston Hill at the time and streetwise citizens were probably becoming rather too wise to it.’
36. ‘They've just got to be a little bit more streetwise and that comes through making mistakes - as long as they learn from them.’
37. ‘She has all the intellectual abilities
38. but is more streetwise than the other two.’