too clever by half
- Fuente de la expresión
- Cambridge Dictionary
- Estructura completa
- to be too clever by half
- Contexto
- It says, ‘At school he was widely held to be too clever by half;
but these days, by dint of persistent intake of alcohol he is only too clever by about 10 per
cent.’ - Tipo de fuente
- Libro
- Autor
- Mary McMurran
- Título de la fuente
- The Psychology Of Addiction
- Año
- 2003
- Web
- https://books.google.es/books?id=AF2QAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR9&dq=%22too+clever+by+half% 22&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj36OO4tsHtAhUdD2MBHVwZC9w4ChDoATAFegQIBBAC# v=onepage&q=%22too%20clever%20by%20half%22&f=false
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente