WAEC - English Language (2018 - No. 30)

After the following sentence, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that is most appropriate for the sentence.

Femi is too clever by half. This means that Femi

displays his cleverness in an annoying way

is not as clever as he thinks

pleases everyone he meets

hides how clever he really is

be too clever by half: to be too confident of your own intelligence in a way that annoys other people.