crazy like a fox
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
41
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Behaving in a foolish, frivolous, or uncomprehending manner as a ruse for concealing clever deeds or deeper intentions.
Example Sentences
- ""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.""
- "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."
- "Murdoch's bid to get his hands on The Journal may seem foolishly pricey, but he's got his reasons."
- "“He comes off as crazy, but he's crazy like a fox,” Smith said of Arenas last year. “He knows exactly what he's doing all the time.”"