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too smart by half 

To be "too smart by half" (also common is "too clever by half") is to be too smart for one's own good, meant either literally or ironically. As an idiom, it is usually sarcastic. The phrase has a wide range of potential uses; for instance, it can mean:

1.) Something so complex that it's self-obfuscating.
2.) A seemingly clever action that is in fact foolish.
3.) Logically accepting something as necessary that isn't.
4.) Overanalysis.
5.) Elitism (see ivory tower).
--"Those Harvard scholars are too smart by half."

--"What a dumb idea; I tell you, that guy is too smart by half."
too smart by half by GBAAD May 3, 2006

too smart for your own good 

1. Overconfident or cocky.

2. Believing that you know everything to the point to where it can harm you or work against you.

3. Assuming or Showing knowledge/intelligence to the point where it can harm you or work against you.

4. Believing that you know something you really don't, which could get you in trouble.

This can also mean too good for your own good or too big for your britches.
Don't be too smart for your own good. It has it's own way of catching up with you.

Most of the young and inexperienced is too smart for they own good.

too smart for your own good 

1. Believing that you know everything to the point to where it can harm you or work against you.

2. Assuming or Showing knowledge/intelligence to the point where it can harm you or work against you.

3. Believing that you know something you really don't, which could get you in trouble.

This can also mean too good for your own good.
Don't be too smart for your own good. It has it's own way of catching up with you.

Most of the young and inexperienced is too smart for they own good.

T.S.D. (Too smart Disease) 

Caused by overworking the Central nervous system of the brain. Eventually certain parts of the body start to shut down, usually starting with the left foot and working its way up the body. Although T.S.D. is very rare, there have been 37 recorded deaths.
Stephen Hawkings is the most well known person who suffers from T.S.D. (Too smart Disease) Another well know case was Franklin Roosevelt

tooSmart 

Someone who acts way too smart for an ordinary human being.
A: Look at Jimmy. He wears hats as his pants. He is tooSmart.
tooSmart by Erdbeertiramisu May 11, 2022
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026