smooth operator

smooth operator
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smooth operator
One who is particularly charming and persuasive in one's speech or behavior.
Chad is such a smooth operator that he always has women swooning over him whenever we go out.
She's a smooth operator who knows how to maneuver her way through the various levels of bureaucracy to get what she wants.
See also: operator, smooth
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
a smooth operator
If you describe someone as a smooth operator, you mean that they are very successful, often by cleverly persuading other people to do what they want. As with many people in the Foreign Office, he is a smooth operator and able to avoid conflict.
See also: operator, smooth
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
smooth operator and smoothie
n. a clever and quiet person, especially in reference to romantic involvement; a seducer. He thinks he’s such a smooth operator! Clare is an old smoothie till she thinks she’s got everything the way she wants. Then you see the real Clare.
See also: operator, smooth
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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a smooth operator
smoothie
talk (one's) way into (something or some place)
(someone) could sell an icebox to an Eskimo
Eskimo
lumber
sawdust
(someone) could sell sawdust to a lumber mill
(someone) could sell ice to Eskimos
talk (one's) way out of (something)