| 单词 | slippery as an eel |
| 释义 | slippery as an eelSEE SYNONYMS FOR slippery as an eel ON THESAURUS.COM Elusive, devious, as in When it comes to talking about his investments, Jim's slippery as an eel. This simile, first recorded about 1412, alludes to the eel's skin, which has tiny scales and is quite slippery when wet. Words nearby slippery as an eelslipper foot, slipper satin, slipper sock, slipperwort, slippery, slippery as an eel, slippery dick, slippery dip, slippery elm, slippery slope, slipping rib The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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