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Crazy like a fox

Posted by ESC on November 10, 2000

In Reply to: Crazy like a fox posted by Georgios Pap on November 10, 2000

: What does "... it's crazy like a fox" mean?
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CRAZY LIKE (OR AS) A FOX - ".seemingly foolish but in fact extremely cunning." From Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, A-G by J.E. Lighter, Random House, New York, 1994. If you say, "He's crazy like a fox," you are saying that person is smart and can outwit other people.

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