"crazy like a fox" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1911, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 18, in Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates",
          "text": "\"If old Scraggsy's crazy he's crazy like a fox. What's rilin' him is the knowledge that he's stung to the heart an' can't admit it without at the same time admittin' he'd cooked up a deal to double-cross us. He's just a-bustin' with the thoughts that's accumulatin' inside him.\"",
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          "ref": "1955 March 7, “Art: The Fox of Paris”, in Time",
          "text": "Paris Painter Georges Mathieu appears to be crazy like a fox . . . [B]y adroitly publicizing himself, Mathieu has recently become the reigning darling of advance-guard art, has no trouble selling (at prices ranging from $600 to $3,400) pictures that take only from a few minutes to a few hours to paint.",
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          "text": "Murdoch's bid to get his hands on The Journal may seem foolishly pricey, but he's got his reasons.",
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          "ref": "2010 December 18, Jonathan Abrams, “With Two Trades, the Magic Bets on the Present”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-18",
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        "Behaving in a foolish, frivolous, or uncomprehending manner as a ruse for concealing clever deeds or deeper intentions."
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        "(simile) Behaving in a foolish, frivolous, or uncomprehending manner as a ruse for concealing clever deeds or deeper intentions."
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