too clever by half

His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.

崇拜他的人很多说他聪明；恨他的人则说他聪明过了头。

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he's too clever by half , if you ask me.

恕我直言，他未免聪明过头了。10.He is too clever by half.他聪明过头了。

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it is the quiet predator that grows by buying all or parts of those firms that are stupid enough, or too clever-by-half enough, to fail.

这是一个沉默的猎食者，通过收购一些公司部分或全部的愚蠢业务，或收购哪些因聪明过头而倒下的公司来成长。

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tip 6: don't be too clever by half.

提示6：不要一知半解、自作聪明。

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too clever by half, one might say.

你也许会说，他们简直聪明过头了。

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but this might prove too clever by half.

但这样做也可能聪明过头反招厌恶。

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that boy of yours is too clever by half.

你的那个孩子伶俐过了头。

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all this may sound too clever by half to some ears, as if linguistic sleight-of-hand can somehow overcome deep disagreements.

对某些人来说，这一切也许听上去过于聪明，仿佛语言上的花招能以某种方式克服深层次分歧。

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its financial engineering is too clever by half and vulnerable to unintended consequences.

这一方案中的金融工程学过份聪明，易受未曾设想到的结果损害。

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the most popular fake-question is not dumb but too-clever-by-half.

最常见的“伪问题”不是导致沉默，而是聪明过了头。

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a: he thought he could get mr. green's money in his pocket but he lost all, he was too clever by half.

他以为自己能把格林先生的钱据为己有，但却一分也没得到，他可是聪明过头了。

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now, this solution feels too clever by half.

现在，这个办法让我感到未免太聪明了。

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