slippery as an eel

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slippery as an eel

adjective as slippery as an eel

  1. colloquial, not comparable So slippery that it is almost impossible to hold.
  2. colloquial, idiomatic, not comparable Very crafty or cunning.

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adj slippery

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adj crafty

Русскийско́льзкий как у́горь skólʹzkij kak úgorʹ

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@misc{slippery_as_an_eel_2026,
  title = {slippery as an eel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slippery%20as%20an%20eel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}