crooked as a barrel of fish hooks

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crooked as a barrel of fish hooks

  1. (US, simile, informal, derogatory) Very unscrupulous and deceptive.
    • 1940, Omnibook, Incorporated (publisher), Omnibook Magazine‎[1], volume 3, number 1, page 125:
      But Father said this man was as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks. He never went near him if he could help it.
    • 2002, Triumph Prophetic Ministries (contributor), Prophecy Flash!‎[2], volume 16, page 40:
      And now, to top it off, Enron executive Kenneth Lay, who is as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks, is following the Bush example of hypocrisy by saying that he is praying that God will help him get through.
    • 2004 December 16, Sirdrag...@gmail.com, “Ranking honesty by profession”, in can.politics‎[3] (Usenet):
      It's a pity that there are no laborers on the poll. I guess all us blue-collar working stiffs are as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks.

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