Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

slippery as an eel





Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

To these complexities, Philosopher Ortega adds the paradoxical, ironical peculiarities of his own original mind�which is as slippery as an eel and as full of springy checks and balances as a cat's legs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Davlin is as slippery as an eel, and will end in trouble.

From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.

You are as slippery as an eel, and as hard to catch as a flea.

From Dixie Hart by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "slippery as an eel" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com