legal-beagle
legal beagle
An especially clever, aggressive, or skillful attorney. I might be considered something of a legal beagle now, but I had to work for years to get enough experience to build my reputation.
See also: beagle, legal
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
legal-beagle
and legal-eagle (ˈliglæˈbiglæ and ˈliglæˈiglæ) n. a lawyer. I’ve got a legal-beagle who can get me out of this scrape.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- legal
- legal beagle
- beagle
- legal eagle
- legal-eagle
- gotta get up pretty early in the morning to
- (you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something)
- youve
- try every trick in the book
- use every trick in the book