| 单词 | too clever by half |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoo clever by half (b) too —— by half: —— to an excessive or unappealing degree; frequently in too clever by half. Π c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2127 (MED) Thowe arte to hye by þe halfe, I hete þe in trouthe! 1653 Mercurius Radamanthus No. 1. 3 If their large Fees were abbreviated from eightpence a sheet to two pence, which is enough, and too much by halfe. 1709 T. D'Urfey Mod. Prophets iii. ii. 39 A crack'd Sowgelder's Horn..is too good for 'em by half. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. iii. 57 Oh, he's too moral by half. 1829 Atlas 11 Oct. 665/1 There may be exceptions..to ordinary rules.., but these..are only met with..by those who..have to pay a certain tax for being too clever by half. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xv. 314 ‘What about the men?’ I asked. ‘They know too much by half.’ 1944 L. MacNeice Christopher Columbus 8 Constant ingenuity..often leads to an appearance of being too clever by half. 2015 J. T. Ellison What lies Behind xlv. 323 She got too cute by half, and someone caught on. < as lemmas |
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