Too clever by half

Definition

clever /'klevǝ(r)/ adj ( -er , -est ) ၁။ (က) ေတာ္ေသာ။ clever at arithmetic ❍ a clever student ❍ Clever girl! (ခ) ကြၽမ္းက်င္ေသာ။ be clever with one's hands ❍ be clever at making excuses. ၂။ ေကာင္းေသာ။ ေတာ္ေသာ။ a clever scheme/invention ❍ What a clever idea! ၃။ ( infml derog ) စြာေသာ။ ျပန္ပက္တတ္ေသာ။ Do as you're told and don't get clever with me! cleverly adv cleverness n [U] ❏ clever Dick ( Brit also clever clogs ) n ( infml derog ) လူတတ္ႀကီး။ ဖိုးသိ။ ငါသိငါတတ္သမား။ She's such a clever Dick—you can't tell her anything. ❏ too clever by half [ IDM ] ( infml derog esp Brit ) လူ ပါးပုလင္းထိ။ လည္လြန္းတဲ့ဘီး ေခ်းနင္းမိ။

Examples

1. Tony was a charming and clever man.
2. I’d like to be a doctor but I’m not clever enough.
3. [a clever boy/girl] : What a clever boy you are!
4. She had a clever lawyer
5. and was never punished for the murder.
6. [clever at doing something] : He’s clever at concealing his feelings about her.
7. [clever with] : To be a carpenter you’ve got to be clever with your hands (=good at making things).
8. It was a clever idea to sell the boat.
9. The clever use of colour can make fine hair look thick.
10. Using the Welsh name was a clever marketing ploy.
11. This is a very clever piece of software.
12. [clever with] : Don’t try and get clever with me.
13. ‘I left the door unlocked all night.’ ‘That was clever.’