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Today's expression, ooh, it's a good one.

It is On the Sly. On the Sly. O-N. On the Sly on the sly oh n on the sly sly on the sly on the sly he is doing it on the sly what are you doing on the sly so what do you think do you think on the sly. So what do you think?

Do you think on the sly is something good or something bad?

Yeah, usually it's something bad.

On the sly means secretly.

Secretly.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

So how about you? When you were a teenager, did you ever smoke a cigarette?

Uh-huh. Did your mom and dad allow you?

Or did you smoke on the sly?

With your friends at a party on Friday night when nobody was there.

And then before you went home, you chewed some gum, you washed your face, you went home and you took a shower.

But somehow, if your parents didn't smoke, they knew you smoked. Because smoking smells so terrible.

Yeah. When I was young, I must admit I did sometimes smoke on the sly.

And my mom and dad never knew because they smoked too.

On the sly.

Oh, be careful.

Is somebody doing something on the sly?

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