"sly as a fox" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-sly as a fox.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sly as a fox (not comparable)
  1. (simile) Very sly, very cunning. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: crazy like a fox Translations (very sly): tülkü kimi hiyləgər (Azerbaijani), astut com una guineu (Catalan), 狡猾 (jiǎohuá) (Chinese Mandarin), chytrý jako liška (Czech), liškou podšitý (Czech), lišácký (Czech), snu som en ræv (Danish), sluw als een vos (Dutch), ruza kiel vulpo (Esperanto), viekas kuin kettu (Finnish), rusé comme un renard (French), schlau wie ein Fuchs (German), ravasz, mint a róka (Hungarian), furbo come una volpe (Italian), slu som en rev (Norwegian), chytry jak lis (Polish), sprytny jak lis (Polish), esperto como uma raposa (Portuguese), хи́трый как лиса́ (xítryj kak lisá) (Russian), ser astuto como un zorro (Spanish), saber latín (Spanish), saber más que los ratones colorados (Spanish), listig som en räv (Swedish), tilki gibi kurnaz (Turkish)
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "very sly",
          "word": "tülkü kimi hiyləgər"
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "roman": "jiǎohuá",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very sly",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very sly",
          "word": "ravasz, mint a róka"
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          "sense": "very sly",
          "word": "furbo come una volpe"
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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          "sense": "very sly",
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      "sense": "very sly",
      "word": "schlau wie ein Fuchs"
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      "sense": "very sly",
      "word": "ravasz, mint a róka"
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      "sense": "very sly",
      "word": "chytry jak lis"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very sly",
      "word": "sprytny jak lis"
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      "sense": "very sly",
      "word": "esperto como uma raposa"
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      "roman": "xítryj kak lisá",
      "sense": "very sly",
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      "sense": "very sly",
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