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The phrase "a bit too smart" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is perceived as overly intelligent or clever, often in a way that may be off-putting or inappropriate.
Example: "His comments during the meeting were a bit too smart for the audience, leaving some people feeling confused."
Alternatives: "a little too clever" or "somewhat too intelligent".
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Run by a Brit, it's a bit too smart to be "street", but there is a nice mix of trendy locals and knowledgeable tourists.
They may be trying slyly to separate from a tour group, or perhaps they simply seem a bit too smart for their surroundings.
In the end, though, it was a bit too smart, a bit too like those Tony Blair speeches where you remembered this or that phrase but not the argument.
As it goes, Get Stupid is probably a bit too smart for its own good, as it calculatedly tries to jump on the Uptown Funk bandwagon, including a video where Aston darts in and out of horn players decked out like a TM Lewin Bruno Mars.
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The revelation of a cultured, noble man hiding inside the violent, wasted slob may sound a bit too obvious, but Amis is smart enough not to let John off the hook with full-scale redemption and a neat ending.
If this all sounds a bit too warm and fuzzy, like the Al Franken character Stuart Smalley ("I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me"), there is science to back it up.
A bit too sophisticated.
"A bit too Breathless Mahoney".
A bit too bulky.
A bit too overpowering.
A bit too keen.
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