Meaning of bag of weasels | Babel Free

Definitions

Something that has pronounced weaselly characteristics, such as pettiness, bad temper, and deviousness.

informal

Examples

“When she entered the kitchen matters were going on as usual — her mother bustling in glorious style, and as cross (her husband muttered) "as a bag of weasels."”

“Ciril Usage was jist about as crass a crayther as you could find in a bag of weasels; but Charley, to himself be tould it, was a funny rogue, an' could take his weight out of any body he met; an' may be he didn't keep “Civil Usage” an' the women in other's hair the whole road.”

“Skulduggery mainly, but not exclusively, in the front row, 1966 & 1990s 'Props are as crafty as a bag of weasels,' as Bill McLaren famously said.”

“There was still time for Sergio Ramos, as devious as a bag of weasels, to help engineer Cuadrado’s second yellow card with a bout of pretend agony but Madrid’s second-half performance had a lot more good than bad.”

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