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too clever by half
Language:
Meanings:
1.
chiefly British
general
informal
pejorative
Excessively or ostentatiously clever in a way that is annoying, counterproductive, or likely to cause trouble.
Displaying smug or showy intelligence that backfires or undermines the speaker's aims.
Examples:
EN:
You're too clever by half.
ES:
Es demasiado inteligente.
EN:
These wretched councils are run by a bunch of corrupt morons who are too clever by half.
ES:
Los ayuntamientos están en manos de paletos corruptos más listos de lo normal.
EN:
Them priests, too clever by half.
ES:
Ese cura, se cree muy listo.
EN:
Kennedy, young, intelligent, and too clever by half, symbolized this.
ES:
Kennedy, joven, inteligente y listo, simbolizaba esto.
EN:
Your Luke Smith's too clever by half.
ES:
Lucas Smith es demasiado inteligente.
EN:
It was too clever by half. It was too superficial.
ES:
Era casi demasiado ingeniosa, demasiado superficial.
EN:
But you got too clever by half.
ES:
Pero eres inteligente a medias.
EN:
But you've been too clever by half.
ES:
Pero te has pasado de lista.
EN:
They're using a round-robin on an IP address, but it's too clever by half.
ES:
Están utilizando una prueba circular en una dirección IP, pero es demasiado listo.
EN:
He was too clever by half.
ES:
Era demasiado inteligente a la mitad.
EN:
The gentleman was being too clever by half.
ES:
El caballero se pasó de listo.
EN:
He's too clever by half.
ES:
Se está pasando de listo.
EN:
Ah, she's too clever by half, that woman.
ES:
Ah, es demasiado lista a medias, esa mujer.
EN:
- He says you're too clever by half.
ES:
- Le cree demasiado inteligente.
EN:
Bloody man Nehru is too clever by half. That's his trouble.
ES:
El miserable Neru se cree muy listo, ése es el problema.
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