Slippery as an eel Home The Lexicon Slippery as an eel Thumbnail Phrase or WordSlippery as an eelDefinitionVery slippery or evasive, literally or metaphorically.LanguageEnglishTypeFaunamorphSubcategorySwimmies and Other Aquatic LifeGrammatical SubcategorySayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs Previous itemYou can’t predict where a writhing eel will land Next itemHappy as a clam
