"slippery as an eel" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-slippery as an eel.ogg Forms: as slippery as an eel [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=as slippery as an eel}} as slippery as an eel (not comparable)
  1. (simile, colloquial) So slippery that it is almost impossible to hold. Tags: colloquial, not-comparable Categories (lifeform): Eels Translations (slippery): åleglat (Danish), aalglatt (German), abu saja tak hinggap (Indonesian), hal som en ål (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-slippery_as_an_eel-en-adj-hISKVuaZ Disambiguation of Eels: 93 7 Categories (other): English similes, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'slippery': 99 1
  2. (idiomatic, simile, colloquial) Very crafty or cunning. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable Translations (crafty): kluzký jako úhoř (Czech), åleglat (Danish), ско́льзкий как у́горь (skólʹzkij kak úgorʹ) (Russian), hal som en ål (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-slippery_as_an_eel-en-adj-tb34FC2L Categories (other): English similes Disambiguation of 'crafty': 1 99
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      "sense": "slippery",
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      "sense": "crafty",
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