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2 clever(fifty percent)
2 clever(fifty percent)
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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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