too clever by half

Meaning

1. too clever, etc. by half

   clever, etc. in a way that annoys you or makes you suspicious

From the same entry

• and a half
• do nothing do anything by halves
• go half and half
• the half of it
• how the other half lives
• have a good mind to do
• it's six of one and half a dozen of the other
• time and a half
• half a loaf is better than no bread
• half a minute, second
• half past one, two
• half as many, much, again