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To: sodpoodle

I can think of alot of adjectives to describe Coulter. Clever is not one of them. Hi sodpoodle.


22 posted on 02/24/2012 2:03:58 PM PST by DallasSun (Courage~Fear that has said its prayers.)
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To: DallasSun

Hi there;)

True - she thinks she’s a player. The cliche ‘too clever by half’ means “too smart for your own good,”

Thus, “too clever by half” means way too smart, to the extent that the smarty outwits himself. It was coined, according to William Safire, by British writer George J. Whyte-Melville in his 1858 novel, The Interpreter

http://www.examiner.com/wacky-questions-in-national/what-does-too-clever-by-half-mean


33 posted on 02/24/2012 2:13:39 PM PST by sodpoodle ( Newt - God has tested him for a reason...... to bring America back from the brink.)
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To: DallasSun

Hi there;)

True - she thinks she’s a player. The cliche ‘too clever by half’ means “too smart for your own good,”

Thus, “too clever by half” means way too smart, to the extent that the smarty outwits himself. It was coined, according to William Safire, by British writer George J. Whyte-Melville in his 1858 novel, The Interpreter

http://www.examiner.com/wacky-questions-in-national/what-does-too-clever-by-half-mean


40 posted on 02/24/2012 2:20:30 PM PST by sodpoodle ( Newt - God has tested him for a reason...... to bring America back from the brink.)
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