It took a cunning fox to cheat the hunt, while the brave beast that turned to fight the dogs always ended up torn into scraps.

It was Hamad who encouraged him to use his imagination more on the field, by thinking of himself as a fox; cunning and clever.

But my father says Jasaray is a cunning old fox, and shouldn't be dismissed lightly.

"A cunning fox would have to steal her tongue to shut her mouth," he added in Apache and laughed at his own humor.

That is how he had done it, the cunning old fox!

He was Reynard the fox, cunning, clever, beautiful, and dangerous.

"The real high priest, a cunning fox," Pilate explained.

Are we aristocrats that we should hesitate to play the part of jackal to this cunning fox?

These might include a cunning fox, a grey wolf or a faint-hearted hare.

The cunning old fox was master of every trick in the political and legal manuals, plus a few tricks he'd invented.