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Mutt and Jeff
noun- a pair of men who are physically mismatched, especially in height US, 1914
From the popular comic strip. - Baddest of the bad was Big Jeff from the “Mutt and Jeff” detective team from the Twenty-third. One was a little wop, Lil’ Jeff, the other a big mick, Big Jeff; you couldn’t call either one Mutt or they’d break yo’ ass. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 16, 1975
- “You had ... experiences together,” Sidney Blackpool said, double-teaming him with Mutt and Juff. — Joseph Wambaugh, The Secrets of Harry Bright, p. 240, 1985
- And turned to see Raji first, holding a pistol in his lap, then Elliot, on the love seat. He laid the jacket over a chair, saying, “Mutt and Jeff, what can I do for you?” — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 339, 1999
- Andrew Hallock and Jeffrey Jones Ragona, doubling as Belshazzar’s wise men and Dariu’s envious counselors, made a kind of Mutt-and-Jeff pair, visually and even vocally. — Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, p. 20, 25 December 2003
- a police interrogation method in which one interrogator plays the role of a hardliner, while the other plays the role of a sympathetic friend US
- One of the FBI interrogation techniques is the old “Mutt and Jeff” routine taught by Army Intelligence. — Washington Post, p. A13, 30 August 1964
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