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Quit being a wise guy.
No more wise-guy remarks, got it?
a movie about two wiseguys
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Swaggering ex-con Sullivan’s conscience manifests in the form of Father Jerry Connolly (Pat O’Brien), the childhood friend turned cleric who does his best to keep the wise guys in line and set another example for the lovable, mischievous Dead End Kids.
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Tennessee is currently a 2.5-point favorite, an indication the wise guys believe Love is unlikely to play.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
The wise guys prefer the Bucs’ Mike Evans to follow suit, but my money’s on Godwin.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
Indeed, other scholars insist that the Gospel’s author did not mean for the Magi to be wise guys at all—or, rather, only in the strictly Scorsesean sense, as cheaters and scammers whose fake magic was humbled by the real revelation.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2023
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Tennessee is currently a 2.5-point favorite, an indication the wise guys believe Love is unlikely to play.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
The wise guys prefer the Bucs’ Mike Evans to follow suit, but my money’s on Godwin.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
Indeed, other scholars insist that the Gospel’s author did not mean for the Magi to be wise guys at all—or, rather, only in the strictly Scorsesean sense, as cheaters and scammers whose fake magic was humbled by the real revelation.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2023
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“Wise guy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wise%20guy. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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