slippery as an eel
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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
He is as slippery as an eel, that man.
From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Grant Allen
I have got a fellow, but he is as slippery as an eel, and very hard to hold.
From The Three Midshipmen by Victor Prout
She was as quick as a flash and as slippery as an eel.
From The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston
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