"Aren't you the sly dog," she said with a grin.
He turned to his wife and said, "You see what the sly dog is doing?
His principles were those of a rather sly but very high-class and exclusive dog, neither better nor worse.
A sly dog, that one.
But as it turns out, a sly dog as well.
Had the sly old dog been plotting defenses while hanging around the gym?
He likes to play jokey pranks, but he is also a sly, hard-biting dog.
Heron, however, nudged him expressively with his elbow and said: --You're a sly dog.
But I'm afraid you're a sly dog.
A writer from E4.com described Doug as a "charming fresher with a dark past" and a "sly dog" for dalliances with two female students.