smooth as silk
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This time around, Odegaard looks smooth as silk – and it is no co-incidence Arsenal look exactly the same.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
He eventually self-published 27 books as Silk White, a nickname from his street days when people said he was smooth as silk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
The second run was smooth as silk — a pair of double-cork 1080s to start, his famed comma-shaped "sky hook" in the middle, then the Tomahawk and then another double-cork 1260 to cap it off.
From Fox News ● Feb. 9, 2022
Best villain in a bad movie: Hugo Weaving, smooth as silk as the lead evildoer in “Mortal Engines.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2019
He was pure white, pink around the ears and snout, and smooth as silk.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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