slyboots
noun[C]
UKold-fashionedinformaluk/ˈslaɪ.buːts/us/ˈslaɪ.buːts/pluralslybootsapersonwhoavoidsshowingortellingotherpeoplewhat he or she isthinkingorintending:
行动诡秘的人;滑头[as form of address]Youoldslyboots! Why didn't youtellus aboutyournewgirlfriend?你这个老滑头!为什么不跟我们提你的新女友?
Synonym
fox(CLEVER PERSON)
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymization
- anonymize
- anonymous
- anonymously
- cryptography
- data protection
- dead men tell no talesidiom
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- privacy settings
- private
- privately
- privileged
- pseudonym
- undisclosed
- whitewash
- whitewashing
- wrap
- wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom