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crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
*crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
and *crooked as a fish hook; *crooked as a dog's hind legvery 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.