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1 clever
{'kleva}
1. интелигентен, умен, способен, схватлив, остроумен
2. даровит, талантлив
3. хитър, ловък, изкусен, тънък
he was too CLEVER for us той ни изигра/надхитри
4. изобретателен, находчив
5. добре замислен/скроен/направен, сполучлив
CLEVER device хитрина
CLEVER Dick/sticks умник (и ирон.)* * *{'kleva} а 1. интелигентен, умен, способен, схватлив; остроуме* * *хитър; способен; сръчен; умен; умел; остроумен; похватен; даровит; интелигентен; ловък;* * *1. clever device хитрина 2. clever dick/sticks умник (и ирон.) 3. he was too clever for us той ни изигра/надхитри 4. даровит, талантлив 5. добре замислен/скроен/направен, сполучлив 6. изобретателен, находчив 7. интелигентен, умен, способен, схватлив, остроумен 8. хитър, ловък, изкусен, тънък* * *clever[´klevə] adj 1. интелигентен, способен, надарен, талантлив, даровит; умен; остроумен; 2. хитър, тънък, ловък, изкусен; he was too \clever for us изигра ни, надхитри ни; 3. сръчен, ловък, умел, изкусен; to be \clever with o.'s pen пиша добре; a \clever horse кон, който скача добре; 4. добре направен, добре замислен (скроен); сполучлив; a \clever device хитрина; FONT face=Times_Deutsch◊ adv cleverly; 5. приятен, добродушен; • to box \clever играя си картите добре (прен.), проявявам съобразителност (и извличам печалба, полза); too \clever by half самомнителен, надценяващ способностите си; \clever Dick (\clever clogs) човек, който се мисли винаги за прав; всезнайко.
См. также в других словарях:
clever clogs — UK / US or clever dick UK / US noun [countable] Word forms clever clogs : singular clever clogs plural clever clogs British informal someone who is annoying because they are always right or because they think they are more intelligent than… … English dictionary
clever clogs — noun an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable • Syn: ↑clever Dick • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
clever clogs — A 1980s variant of clever dick used by British youngsters. The term possibly has a comic book origin, ‘clogs’ being used for purely alliterative reasons … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
clever-clogs — n. clever dick, one who is clever and knowledgable in an ostentatious manner … English contemporary dictionary
clever-clogs — Noun. A person who is or claims to be clever or have greater knowledge. Also clever dick. Informal … English slang and colloquialisms
clever clogs — noun Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck … Wiktionary
clever clogs — Intelligent person (but usu. used ironically to mean simpleton ) … A concise dictionary of English slang
(a) clever clogs — British & Australian, humorous, Australian, humorous if you call someone a clever clogs, you mean that they are very clever. I bet old clever clogs here knows the answer … New idioms dictionary
clever dick — clever clogs UK / US or clever dick UK / US noun [countable] Word forms clever clogs : singular clever clogs plural clever clogs British informal someone who is annoying because they are always right or because they think they are more… … English dictionary
clever Dick — noun an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable • Syn: ↑clever clogs • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
clever — adjective 1 especially BrE able to learn and understand things quickly; intelligent: a clever student | You tied your shoes up yourself? What a clever girl! 2 able to use your intelligence to get what you want, especially in a slightly dishonest… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
