He had a 'genius for' getting into trouble. [=he often got into trouble]
You don't have to be a 'genius' to see that this plan will never work.
Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton were great scientific 'geniuses'.
(..) - He's not here. They knew you had cameras in the building. They knew everything. There is a leak from the inside. It's real. Man, smoke him out. Yeah, how do we do that, Mr. Genius-Who- Didn't-Even-Graduate-From-the-Academy? Disinform. Let it slip to SIU that you have a sealed wiretap warrant... (..)2006 The Departed
(..) - Myles Kennefick. Got the job with a forged UMass transcript. UMass, Boston... - ... which happens to... - South Boston? Oh, you're a fucking genius. Who forged your transcript, dickhead? His old man runs the Hibernian Liquor Mart. Kennefick's. We're not here to solve (..)2006 The Departed