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109Too clever by half
правильное объяснение почему-то лишь на третьем месте:
"Too adjective by quantity" means something has quantity too much adjective. So someone who is too clever by half has 50% too much cleverness, i.e. 150% of their nominal amount of cleverness. As to why this would be bad, the cleverness might result in an over-complicated solution to a problem, where someone with just enough cleverness would solve it more simply.
правильное объяснение почему-то лишь на третьем месте:
"Too adjective by quantity" means something has quantity too much adjective. So someone who is too clever by half has 50% too much cleverness, i.e. 150% of their nominal amount of cleverness. As to why this would be bad, the cleverness might result in an over-complicated solution to a problem, where someone with just enough cleverness would solve it more simply.