street smarts

"My late husband used to say I had more street smarts than anyone he knew."

They had enough street smarts to get out of there fast.

"We teach street smarts, and that's what you need to do well in college."

He and others attributed his success in business to "street smarts".

Paradoxically, she is also known in the group for having the best street smarts.

He had the kind of insights and street smarts that every good defense lawyer could use.

This type of intelligence is often referred to as "street smarts."

His street smarts and local knowledge often come in handy during investigations.

They have to have a certain amount of street smarts.

It's more commonly known as 'street smarts' or the ability to 'quickly think on your feet'.

Meanwhile, flight attendants said, security had become a matter of street smarts.

"I wanted to see what kind of street smarts I could learn from a professional."

Luckily I had enough street smarts to get over it."

Street smarts wouldn't be much use against a loaded Uzi.

Jocelyn, for all her street smarts, had been an innocent.

But he found that, more than anything else, a big school like Madison "teaches you street smarts."

Her goal, as she explained it is "to teach street smarts for everyday life on the job."

In Brazil men who used street smarts to make a living were called malandros.

"My New York street smarts did me well," he added.

He also proved to be a man of courage and gritty street smarts.

"I learned to use street smarts, which I don't think today's young players are aware enough of."

Jack didn't like the way the conversation was going, but he respected Theo's street smarts.

Yet, like her father, she possesses street smarts something lacking for most of the town's residents.

"I had a vague sense that I needed to get some street smarts," he said.

"I think you're a very shrewd lady with more than your share of street smarts.