The police threatened to charge Terry with receiving stolen property but he was as clever as a cartload of monkeys and pointed out that none of the items had been reported stolen. 警方威胁说要指控特里接受了被偷来的财物,但他非常狡猾,指出没有一件东西是被报案失窃的。
cartload
[ noun ] the quantity that a cart holds <noun.quantity>
cartload \cartload\, cart load \cart load\n. as much as will fill or load a cart; the quantity that a cart holds. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc., one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is loosened is estimated to be a cart load.