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Неодобрительно: "все-знайка", умник -
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УмникDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > Clever clogs
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4 clever
Умный, сообразительный. Вообще clever означает положительную оценку, но иногда это слово может иметь значение неодобрения: a clever Dick или a clever clogs — умник.She was too clever for me. — Она перехитрила меня.
He's too clever by half. — Он слишком уж умён.
I'm not feeling too clever today. — Сегодня я чувствую себя не очень хорошо.
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5 clever Dick
сущ.; брит.; разг.; = clever dickумник, всезнайка; выскочка; наглец, нахалSyn: -
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['klevə]прил.1) умныйSyn:2) проворный, ловкий, шустрыйSyn:3) даровитый, способный, талантливыйSyn:4) искусный, умелыйclever piece of work — искусная работа, талантливо сделанная работа
Syn:Gram:[ref dict="LingvoGrammar (En-Ru)"]clever[/ref]••clever Dick / clogs — брит.; разг. умник, всезнайка; выскочка; самоуверенный наглец, нахал
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7 nupumees
прил.разг. башковитый человек, выдумщик, затейник, комбинатор, мастер на выдумки, мозговитый человек, находчивый человек, ñìåòëèâûé ÷åëîâåê (àíãë.: clever clogs; wise guy; smart aleck; smarty-pants; smarty-boots; smarty; cocksure; no fool // íåì.: Hansdampf; findiger Kopf; lustiger Vögel; Klügling; Klugschnacker; Klugschwätzer), умник
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