be as slippery as an eel

To be devious, scheming, and untrustworthy—and difficult to apprehend. Of course that guy took everyone's money and left town—he's as slippery as an eel!

See also: eel, slippery

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(as) slippery as an eel
eel
slippery
slippery as an eel
slippery customer
scheme for
scheme for (something)
pull a fast one, to
get shot of
get shot of (someone or something)

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be as gentle as a lamb
be as good as (one's) word
be as good as dead
be as good as gold
be as good as gone
be as good as new
be as good as your word
be as happy as a sandboy
be as happy as Larry
be as high as a kite
be as honest as the day is long
be as keen as mustard
be as light as a feather
be as mad as a hornet
be as mad as a March hare
be as nice as pie
be as nothing (compared) to (someone or something)
be as nothing to
be as old as Methuselah
be as plain as the nose on (one's) face
be as poor as church mice
be as regular as clockwork
be as safe as houses
be as scarce as hen's teeth
be as sharp as a tack
be as slippery as an eel
be as sound as a bell
be as stiff as a ramrod
be as straight as a die
be as well
be as white as a sheet
be as/like oil and water
be asking for trouble
be asleep at the switch
be asleep at the wheel
be at
be at (one)
be at (one) hammer and tongs
be at (one's) beck and call
be at (one's) command
be at (one's) disposal
be at (one's) service
be at (one's) wits' end
be at (someone's) feet
be at (something)
be at a crossroads
be at a disadvantage
be at a loose end
be at a loss
be at an end
be at cross purposes
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be as nothing to someone
be as nothing to something
be as nothing to them
be as nothing to us
be as nothing to you
be as nutty as a fruitcake
be as oil and water
be as old as Methuselah
be as old as the hills
be as plain as day
be as plain as the nose on (one's) face
be as plain as the nose on face
be as plain as the nose on her face
be as plain as the nose on his face
be as plain as the nose on my face
be as plain as the nose on one's face
be as plain as the nose on your face
be as pleased as Punch
be as poor as church mice
be as pure as the driven snow
be as quiet as a mouse
be as regular as clockwork
be as right as rain
be as safe as Fort Knox
be as safe as houses
be as scarce as hen's teeth
be as sharp as a tack
be as sick as a dog
be as sick as a parrot
be as silent as the grave
be as slippery as an eel
be as snug as a bug in a rug
be as sober as a judge
be as solid as a rock
be as sound as a bell
be as sound as a dollar
be as stiff as a board
be as stiff as a ramrod
be as straight as a die
be as straight as a ramrod
be as strong as an ox
be as stubborn as a mule
be as thick as a brick
be as thick as a short plank
be as thick as thieves
be as thick as two short planks
be as thin as a rail
be as thin as a rake
be as thin as a stick
be as tough as nails
be as tough as old boots
be as tough as shoe leather
be as ugly as sin
be as well
be as well to
be as well to
be as well to
be as well to
be as white as a sheet
be as white as snow
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