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

Had long red whiskers and his hair stood up straight—seed him climb a tree one night and shake a coon out as slick as a whistle.

From The Starbucks by Read, Opie Percival

If it hadn’t been for her water-tight compartments that were left uninjured, she would have gone down to the bottom as slick as a whistle.

From A Chosen Few Short Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard

"I'll clear it all up for you slick as a whistle."

From Dwellers in the Hills by Post, Melville Davisson

Yeou handled your end of the business slick as a whistle while I was lookin' arter my end.

From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.