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2 clever(fifty percent)
2 clever(fifty percent)
Hint
How many and how much?Answer
Too clever by half.There is the figure *2* (too).
There is the word *clever*, thus (in the first part of the rebus) you have *too clever*.
THEN ... it's next to the phrase *fifty percent*. *Fifty percent* represents *half*.
*Next to* means *by*.
Put it all together and you got *too clever by half*.
The phrase means a person is more clever than they need be or ought to be. The *by half* indicates the excess. Other words can be substituted for *clever* and retain the *excess* or *unneeded* connotation such as *too moral by half*, *too proud by half*,*too ambitious by half*, etc.
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I've never even heard that saying...
Me neither. Muahaha.
I have, I got this one rather quickly. Good one though....I guess I myself am too clever by half......
CANT TOUCH IT! NANANANNANANNANA
Hey, Teh .... congrats !!!!
Tough one !!! WELL done !!!
AND .... for KB ....
Does that mean I pick up the black bag at Market Street ... or the market basket on Black Street?
I got BOTH on de-crypt, but, then, I could have made a mistake.
Tough one !!! WELL done !!!
AND .... for KB ....
Does that mean I pick up the black bag at Market Street ... or the market basket on Black Street?
I got BOTH on de-crypt, but, then, I could have made a mistake.
I thought I have heard a lot of sayings, but I never heard that one.
Oops...The first thought that came to mind was "half a brain"! After seeing the answer and the coded messages from kb123 and badbunnee, that's how I feel right about now!!! Does anyone have a copy of this code book?!
This was pretty simple even though I did have to think for a min.
Very good!!
Thanx wolfie and weemame ...
Yep ... that was a toughie AND... difficult to get through the editors.
Kept coming out (by me) as "too clever by half-half" or "too, too, to, two clever" ... or something like that.
But they .... and (we) prevailed.
Thanks for the visits, the comments, and the votes (if you did did)
ylads-LBE
(exBadBunnee)
Yep ... that was a toughie AND... difficult to get through the editors.
Kept coming out (by me) as "too clever by half-half" or "too, too, to, two clever" ... or something like that.
But they .... and (we) prevailed.
Thanks for the visits, the comments, and the votes (if you did did)
ylads-LBE
(exBadBunnee)
Horses for courses (I think Ixy's done this one already) but I somehow found this one quite easy whereas the last few of yours left me struggling even after I read the answer.
To Jimbo....
I, too, have struggled often with Braingle. But if there's no struggle (read that as "stretch the mind") then there would be no Braingle; far and away the premier language-puzzle site on the web.
I, too, have struggled often with Braingle. But if there's no struggle (read that as "stretch the mind") then there would be no Braingle; far and away the premier language-puzzle site on the web.
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