Sentence examples of "malin" in French

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Tu sembles être assez malin. It looks like you're pretty clever.
C'est un garçon malin, c'est certain. He is a clever boy, to be sure.
Bien qu'il soit malin, il n'est pas prudent. Although he may be clever, he is not wise.
C'est un chic type, assurément, mais pas très malin. He is a nice person, to be sure, but not very clever.
C'est une jeune fille assez maligne. She is quite a clever girl.
Elle est plus maligne que lui. She's slier than he is.
Nancy a l'air idiote mais elle est vraiment maligne. Nancy looks a fool but she's really very clever.
Mon chat est vraiment malin. My cat is really smart.
Tom est trop malin pour se battre avec toi. Tom knows better than to fight with you.
J'aimerais être aussi malin que vous ne l'êtes. I wish I were as smart as you are.
Rendre difficile une tâche facile ne donne pas l'air malin. A person who makes an easy matter sound difficult does not seem to be so smart.
Tom croit que son ordinateur est possédé par un esprit malin. Tom thinks that his computer is possessed by an evil spirit.
Si t'es malin, tu profiteras pendant que t'es devant. If you're smart, you'll cash out while you're ahead.
Tu es bien trop intelligent pour penser être plus malin que moi. You are way too intelligent to think you'd be smarter than me.
Elle lui demanda où il vivait mais il était trop malin pour lui dire. She asked him where he lived, but he was too smart to tell her.
Elle lui a demandé où il vivait mais il était trop malin pour lui dire. She asked him where he lived, but he was too smart to tell her.
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