slippery as an eel
Example Sentences
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Memory may seem to be a guarantor of memoir's authenticity, but when pressed into service for a more general kind of food history, it can be become as slippery as an eel.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2010
The Dashew 83 is as slippery as an eel below the waterline.
From Time Magazine Archive
That duck of a girl—no taller than a bundle of firewood, as slippery as an eel, and as nimble as a monkey—got in at the top of the oven, and opened the front door.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac
"He's as slippery as an eel," said big Tom.
From The Mark of the Knife by Clayton H. Ernst
Yes," rejoined another of the horsemen, "and the young brat is as slippery as an eel.
From The Border Boys Across the Frontier by John Henry Goldfrap
