He's too clever by half , if you ask me.

恕我直言，他未免聪明过头了。

The article is too long and should be cut down by half.

这篇稿子太长，得砍去一半。

France has by far the highest proportion of clinically underweight women in Europe, but only half of them think they are too thin, according to a new study.

一项最新研究显示，法国体重不达标的女性比例一直居欧洲之首，但只有一半的女性认为自己过瘦。

The landscape is distinctive too, with grand castles and half-timbered houses topped by storks that look like the set of a Disney movie.

景观更是别具特色，有宏伟的城堡和顶部以鹳装饰的露明木架房子，俨然活在迪士尼电影布景里。

Profit at Credit Suisse also slumped, by half, and it too announced lay-offs.

瑞士信贷的利润也下降了一半，而且他也宣布裁员。

Now, this solution feels too clever by half.

现在，这个办法让我感到未免太聪明了。

Saturday Night Live parodies of Palin and Hillary were seen by more than half the voters and most thought they were fair rather than being too hard on them.

一半以上的选民观看了周六晚间生活对佩琳和希拉里的拙劣模仿许多人认为对她们是公平的而不是刻薄的。

The longer poems of his middle period can be ponderous and too philosophical by half.

在他生命的中期所创作的一些稍长的诗歌过于冗长并且富有太多哲理。

It is the quiet predator that grows by buying all or parts of those firms that are stupid enough, or too clever-by-half enough, to fail.

这是一个沉默的猎食者，通过收购一些公司部分或全部的愚蠢业务，或收购哪些因聪明过头而倒下的公司来成长。

Chandler too has felt its share of pain as Arizona’s housing boom crumbled; home prices are down by half and foreclosures have soared.

随着亚利桑那房地产泡沫的破灭，钱德勒同样感受到了其中的痛苦。 房子价格下降了一半同时收到止赎权的住户在猛增。

Tip 6: Don't be too clever by half.

提示6：不要一知半解、自作聪明。

Research by the UK online discount site revealed that 80 per cent of women claim their other half spends too much time playing computer games or browsing the web.

据英国某网站调查称，有80%的女性表示她们的另一半花太多时间玩游戏、或者上网。

Mr Callow at Barclays Capital thinks that the ECB will cut interest rates by another half a percentage point in March to prevent inflation from falling too far.

巴克莱资本的Callow先生认为，欧洲央行将于三月再次降息半个百分点以防通胀过分下落。

And rich women are getting richer, too: over the decade the average worth of female millionaires has grown by more than half.

当然富女人同样会更富有：这10年来百万富女人的平均财富增长超过了一半。

Ten years ago there were 64. And rich women are getting richer, too: over the decade the average worth of female millionaires has grown by more than half.

十年前，上榜的女性有64位，而且有钱的女人也越来越有钱：十年来，女性富豪的平均财产增幅超过50%。

Growth has fallen by half, to about 5%-too low to provide work for the millions of young Indians joining the job market each year.

经济增速只有十年前的一半，仅剩5%——经济增速过慢，无力为每年数百万作为新劳力的年轻印度人提供工作。

Troubled by trouble nearly half of life, are caused by the too bother.

生活中近半数的困扰烦恼，都是由于在这方面太费心思而引起的。

Indeed, in another "too clever by half" device, the Europeans have gone out of their way to ensure that the 50% Greek haircut does not trigger payments under CDS contracts.

的确，在另一个“自作聪明”的策略下，欧洲人民不畏艰险地确保了50%的希腊抵押在CDS协议下是拿不到钱的。

He is too clever by half, is that young man; one of these days he'll come a cropper.

这小伙子未免太聪明了一点，总有一天他要栽跟头的。

Richard Nixon was too authentic by half: he lost his 1960 face-off with John Kennedy for want of a bit of powder which could have concealed his stubbly[9] chin.

相反理查德•尼克松则略嫌过于真实：1960年他输掉了与约翰•肯尼迪之间的公开辩论，原因就是粉抹得少了点，没能盖住他那胡子拉碴的下巴。

He thought he could get Mr. Green's money in his pocket but he lost all, he was too clever by half.

他以为他可以从格林先生那拿到钱，但是他什么也没得到。他真是聪明反被聪明误啊。

He is a very clever politician, Too clever by half, in my opinion.

他是一位十分精明的政客。不过在我看来，他未免过于精明。

The two and a half hour concert flashed by like lightning. I actually felt like I was dreaming the lights, the sounds, the banners, the dancing, everything was all too beautiful to comprehend.

二个半小时的演唱会像闪电般一瞬即逝，我真的觉得好像在作梦一样，灯光、叫声、横幅、舞蹈，所有的一切美好地令人难以置信。

Mourinho's change was further sparked by a first half in which he thought Didier Drogba was left to forage on his own far too much.

穆里尼奥觉得德罗巴上半场得到的帮助太少，中场休息调整后穆里尼奥的改变立即便激起灿烂火花。

A 10-year-old boy, who was hoping to enjoy a half-price children's meal, got a surprise when he was told by restaurant staff he was too tall for the discounted rate.

一名渴望享受半价儿童餐的10岁男孩，被餐厅员工告知他太高所以无法获得优惠时，十分诧异。