textbook smart
When someone gets good grades in school because they have the ability to memorise pages of information, however in real life they’re absolute idiots.
John: “Linda is so clever, she got 92% on her history test”
Abraham: “Nah, she’s just textbook smart. She doesn’t even know how to spell Nickelodeon”
Abraham: “Nah, she’s just textbook smart. She doesn’t even know how to spell Nickelodeon”