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slippery_as_an_eel

slippery as an eel

English

Adjective

as slippery as an eel (not comparable)

  1. (simile, colloquial) So slippery that it is almost impossible to hold with one's hands
  2. (idiomatic, simile, colloquial) (of a person) So crafty, or cunning that they cannot be caught by the police, although it is known that they are acting illegally.

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