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Meaning of as slippery as an eel in English:

as slippery as an eel

(also slippery as an eel)

phrase

  • 1Too slippery to catch hold of or hold on to.

    ‘the ball was as slippery as an eel’
    1. 1.1Elusive or evasive.
      ‘the man was wanted in a dozen countries but was as slippery as an eel’