He'd be sharper than a serpent's tooth, if he wasn't as dull as ditch water. — Charles Dickens
He'd be sharper than a serpent's tooth, if he wasn't as dull as ditch water.
Our Mutual Friend · 1865
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Dickens, Charles. Our Mutual Friend, edited by Adrian Poole. Penguin, 1998, bk. 3, ch. 10.
Original citation
Dickens, Charles. "Our Mutual Friend." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, May 1865, pt. 13, bk. 3, ch. 10.