crazy like a fox
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The problem with portraying a negotiator as crazy like a fox is that sometimes the same behavior looks like the actions of someone who is crazy like a crazy person.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
Perhaps, but I couldn’t help but come away from Kliavkoff’s appearance Friday thinking that just maybe he’s crazy like a fox.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023
Or, as now seems truer than ever, is he crazy like a fox?
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022
“This is a unique set of circumstances and the president welcomes it. I think he’s crazy like a fox on this,” Goodwin told “Fox & Friends” on Monday.
From Fox News • Nov. 25, 2019
Like is a preposition, said the accusers, and may take only a noun phrase object, as in crazy like a fox or like a bat out of hell.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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