be too clever by half

(British)

to be too confident of your own intelligence in a way that annoys other people At school he had a reputation for arrogance. 'Too clever by half' was how one former teacher described him.

See box clever

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Panteleimon	-	Late Greek
ZuriÑE	-	Basque
Ira	['aiərə]
Filippa	fee-LIP-pah (Swedish)	Russian, Greek, Swedish, Italian
PhƯƠNg	-	Vietnamese
Liss	-	Norwegian