sly foxes
Crafty woodland tricksters
Sly foxes is the plural of sly fox, a person who is cunning or craftily clever.
The fox has long symbolized cleverness and trickery in folklore, making sly as a fox a common simile.
Calling someone a sly fox usually carries grudging admiration: He's a sly fox—he got the promotion without anyone noticing he was even competing.
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
- craftyCleverly deceptive
- wilySkilled at deception
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
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