slick as a whistle

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.

Example Sentences

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

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Over the phone, director of corporate communications Henry Posner is hesitant to reveal what percentage of their sales are made online, but he is eager to describe their “slick as a whistle” iPad app released in late May.

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I went to work at it, an, after a leetle wile, it went off like grease, jest as slick as a whistle.

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"As slick as a whistle," returned Hawke cheerily, springing lightly into the plane.

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“It worked slick as a whistle,” she heard one of them say.

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