too clever by half

基本解釋

But this might prove too clever by half.
但這樣做也可能聰明過頭反招厭惡。
Now, this solution feels too clever by half.
現(xiàn)在，這個(gè)辦法讓我感到未免太聰明了。
Watch him carefully and you will understand why some people are criticized for being "too clever by half."
仔細(xì)觀察他，你會(huì)理解爲(wèi)什麼一些人批評爲(wèi)“太聰明了。”

And you've really savaged Mitt Romney for changing his mind, and I'm wondering if you don't run some risk of looking kind of too clever by half here.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,
Add that shortcoming to Mr Sarkozy's other sins—he is too clever by half, too ambitious to be a happy number two—and his departure from the limelight was perhaps inevitable.
ECONOMIST: The disarray on the French right is bad, and getting worse
But Gordon Brown is too clever by half.
ECONOMIST: Tax