SLIPPERY AS AN EEL
slippery as an eel: translation
1) an idiom, sliding from one\'s grasp as easily as an eel (which has an elongate, muscular body, no firm protrusions to grasp, small scales and a slimy skin, making it difficult to hold)
2) a good negotiator not easily pinned down on a commitment
3) of a person, too smart and sly to be trustworthy
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slippery as an eel: translation*slippery as an eeldevious and untrustworthy, but impossible to catch. (*Also: as \slippery as an eel.) • Don't sign a l... смотреть