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crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
(redirected from crooked as a dog's hind leg)

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*crooked as a barrel of fish hooks and *crooked as a fish hook; *crooked as a dog's hind leg
very dishonest. (*Also: as ~.) Don't play cards with him. He's as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks. Mary says all politicians are crooked as a dog's hind leg.
See also: barrel, fish, hook


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It was a happening thing and as sure as night follows day, things were as good as new, as right as rain, as crooked as a dog's hind leg, as bent as a screw, and--in a few choice words --as queer as fuck.
 
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