too clever by half

基本解释

But this might prove too clever by half.
但这样做也可能聪明过头反招厌恶。
Now, this solution feels too clever by half.
现在，这个办法让我感到未免太聪明了。
Watch him carefully and you will understand why some people are criticized for being "too clever by half."
仔细观察他，你会理解为什么一些人批评为“太聪明了。”

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