worldly possession worldly good | a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings |
wise | a way of doing or being, in no wise, in this wise |
worldly concern earthly concern world earth | the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife, they consider the church to be independent of the world |
Wise Men Magi | (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born, the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh, because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them |
mentor wise man | a wise and trusted guide and advisor |
wise guy smart aleck wiseacre wisenheimer weisenheimer | an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments |
Wise Isaac Mayer Wise | United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (-) |
Wise Stephen Samuel Wise | United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (-) |
worldly possessions worldly belongings worldly goods | all the property that someone possess, he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter |
catch on get wise get onto tumble latch on cotton on twig get it | understand, usually after some initial difficulty, She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on |
wise up | get wise to, They wised up to it |
wise up | cause someone to become aware of something |
fresh impertinent impudent overbold smart saucy sassy wise | improperly forward or bold, don't be fresh with me, impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup, an impudent boy given to insulting strangers, Don't get wise with me! |
knowing wise(p) wise to(p) | evidencing the possession of inside information |
judicious wise heady | marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters, judicious use of one's money, a wise decision |
blase worldly | very sophisticated especially because of surfeit, versed in the ways of the world, the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond', the benefits of his worldly wisdom |
worldly-wise | experienced in and wise to the ways of the world |
penny-wise | thrifty in small matters only |
wise | having or prompted by wisdom or discernment, a wise leader, a wise and perceptive comment |
worldly secular temporal | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world, worldly goods and advancement, temporal possessions of the church |
materialistic mercenary worldly-minded | marked by materialism |
baby-wise baby-like | like a baby, he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms |