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      [Idiom]  | "too clever by half" 


      1: clever in a way that is annoying or that causes problems

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       [ "too clever by half" ]

      1: to be too confident of your own intelligence in a way that annoys other people. (British variant of "too smart by half.")

        * e.g.,  ... 'Too clever by half' was how one former teacher described him. 

       [ "too clever by half" ]

      1: annoyingly proud of one's intelligence or skill and in danger of overreaching oneself.

        * e.g.,  ... "he always was too clever by half" 

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