smart-mouth (someone)

smart-mouth (someone)

To talk to someone in an irritatingly sarcastic, flippant, and/or witty manner. Don't smart-mouth me, son, or I'll whoop your backside! Mary got in trouble for smart-mouthing the teacher.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • come the acid
  • a wise guy
  • show (someone) the back of (one's) hand
  • give (someone) the back of (one's) hand
  • yap about
  • yap about (someone or something)
  • traipse into (some place)
  • traipse over
  • backside
  • (as) bald as a baby's backside