Weasel
comadreja
definition
verb
she suspects me of trying to weasel my way into his affections
achieve something by use of cunning or deceit.
noun
A cousin of mink, martens, otters, stoats, weasels and distantly related to seals, badgers are one of our oldest indigenous animals, whose fossil remains have been found to belong to the same era as mammoths.
a small, slender, carnivorous mammal related to, but generally smaller than, the stoat.
By openly admitting to being philanderers, draft dodgers, liars, weasels and cowards, liberals avoid ever being hypocrites.
a deceitful or treacherous person.
translation of 'weasel'
noun
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Except that when that happens, I conveniently find some bogus excuse or lame technicality to avoid paying your damages or to 'weasel' my way into only paying part of them.
he was a double-crossing 'weasel'
Progressives 'weasel' out of it, by claiming being political would betray their values.
Our prime minister is currently trying to 'weasel' out of a $161-million grant scandal, among other issues.
Now, the bill is about to come due, and they're looking for ways to 'weasel' out.
Also, it stars Michael Kitchen as a bloke who manages to 'weasel' out of a murder, witnessed by the waitress at a party.
I then tried to 'weasel' my way into the audience's affection, assuring punters that if they laughed at all my gags everyone would get their money back on the way out.
You can find a list of the organisations that have hired him here; mostly insurance companies looking to 'weasel' out of industrial injuries compensation claims as far as we can see.
What makes it worse is you're trying to help him 'weasel' his way into dinner with me.
This approach tries to 'weasel' out of making any cross-cultural claims about what has value - although, notice, it does assume the universal value of opulence.
she suspects me of trying to 'weasel' my way into his affections
Tell him to 'weasel' his way into the affections of as many receptionists, secretaries and PAs as is humanly possible, since they always know how things work, and he may find that he has been trying to get hold of the wrong person.
The conference, if it was about anything, was about restating these questions and systematically shooting down cheap attempts to 'weasel' out of them.
Does the boss who scheduled your sadly abbreviated lunch break deserve to be called a 'weasel' or a stoat?
Badgers are relatively large members of the 'weasel' family.
And then I started backpedalling and trying to 'weasel' out of it, because I really hadn't expected him to say yes.
That little slut could 'weasel' her way into anything.
They are carnivores like the stoat, 'weasel' , otter and badger.
Becky Sharp exploits the weaknesses of those around her to 'weasel' her way into society, but her own vanity is what drives her there to begin with.
she suspects me of trying to 'weasel' my way into his affections
As mustelids - stoats, ferrets and 'weasels' - were highly mobile and curious, it would be expected that if there were stoats on the island they would have encountered one of the tunnels or traps in their travels.
Many small creatures such as snakes, lizards, 'weasels' and stoats would also live in the hills, and bats would have lived in cliff caves.
A cousin of mink, martens, otters, stoats, 'weasels' and distantly related to seals, badgers are one of our oldest indigenous animals, whose fossil remains have been found to belong to the same era as mammoths.
I think she might have thought I was 'weaseling' out of what we talked about earlier.
Of these animals, only 'weasels' , otters and mink remain widespread, and the weasel is the only one that is still abundant.
Each time it was necessary to take a clear position, for example on terrorism and suicide bombing, the conferees 'weaseled' out with the help of demagogic pirouettes.
Even so, my last paragraph gives me a bit of a 'weaselly' way out.
The causes of its extinction remain unclear, but it is likely that rats, 'weasels' , and cats played a role in its demise.
A spotty youth with greasy black hair, he was sitting at the table with a peevish expression on his 'weaselly' face.
The researchers say that nestlings in at least half of the nests they studied were eaten, mainly by martens and 'weasels' .
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