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to be too clever for sb

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  • too clever for your own good — too clever/nice/generous/etc for your own good phrase so clever nice generous etc that it is a disadvantage instead of an advantage Alex is a little bit too clever for his own good. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone s personalityhyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • too nice for your own good — too clever/nice/generous/etc for your own good phrase so clever nice generous etc that it is a disadvantage instead of an advantage Alex is a little bit too clever for his own good. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone s personalityhyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • too generous for your own good — too clever/nice/generous/etc for your own good phrase so clever nice generous etc that it is a disadvantage instead of an advantage Alex is a little bit too clever for his own good. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone s personalityhyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • too big for your boots — too big for (your) boots British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal someone who is too big for their boots behaves as if they are more important or more clever than they really are. Since he was made team captain, he s been… …   New idioms dictionary

  • too big for boots — too big for (your) boots British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal someone who is too big for their boots behaves as if they are more important or more clever than they really are. Since he was made team captain, he s been… …   New idioms dictionary

  • clever — 1 *intelligent, quick witted, brilliant, bright, smart, alert, knowing Analogous words: *quick, apt, ready, prompt: *versatile, all around, many sided: capable, competent, *able: *sharp, keen, acute Antonyms: du …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • be too clever by half — British to be too confident of your own intelligence in a way that annoys other people. At school he had a reputation for arrogance. Too clever by half was how one former teacher described him …   New idioms dictionary

  • clever — adj. 1 (esp. BrE) having intelligence; having skill or ability VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …   Collocations dictionary

  • too eager by half — too clever/eager/cocky/etc by half british spoken phrase used for showing that you do not approve of someone because they are clever enthusiastic confident etc in a way that annoys you People regularly accuse him of being too clever by half.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • too cocky by half — too clever/eager/cocky/etc by half british spoken phrase used for showing that you do not approve of someone because they are clever enthusiastic confident etc in a way that annoys you People regularly accuse him of being too clever by half.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • too — I [[t]tu͟ː[/t]] ADDING SOMETHING OR RESPONDING ♦ 1) ADV: cl/group ADV You use too after mentioning another person, thing, or aspect that a previous statement applies to or includes. Nice to talk to you. Nice to talk to you too. ... I ve got a… …   English dictionary

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