slick as a whistle

Idioms  

1. Very-smooth and neat; also, smoothly, quickly, easily. For example, That salesman is as slick as a whistle, or The fence post went in place slick as a whistle. The allusion in this simile, first recorded in 1830, is not totally clear, but presumably it refers either to the ease of producing a whistle or to its clear tone.

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Example Sentences

I reached back under and picked up the first pig, slick as a whistle.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

Oh, well, ye know, it's slick as a whistle an' all that, but I ain't uster havin' it laid on so thick.

From The Tangled Threads by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

Absalom "pitched in," a whole year passed, Absalom and the landlord got along slick as a whistle.

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge

The starter worked, and she got into action as slick as a whistle, Dan said.

From The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause by Morrison, Gertrude W.

That's all right, Pat, you needn't worry, this'll go through slick as a whistle, and a million in it if we work it right.

From The City of Fire by Hill, Grace Livingston