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!

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be (as) slippery as a snake
eel
(as) slippery as an eel
slippery as an eel
(as) slippery as a snake
slippery
slippery customer
scheme for
scheme for (something)
get shot of someone/something

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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 long as (one's) arm
be as mad as a hornet
be as mad as a March hare
be as modern as next week
be as much use as a chocolate teapot
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 ready as (one) ever will be
be as ready as (one) will ever be
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 asleep on the job
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 fever pitch
be at a loose end
be at a loss
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be as ready as somebody will ever be
be as ready as somebody'll ever be
be as ready as someone ever will
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be as ready as they ever will
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be as ready as we ever will
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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 sharp as cut glass
be as sharp as cut glass, to
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 slow as molasses
be as slow as molasses in January
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 stewed as an owl
be as stewed as an owl, to
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 oak
be as strong as an ox
be as strong as iron
be as strong as steel
be as stubborn as a mule
be as sturdy as an oak
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 tight as a boiled owl
be as tight as a boiled owl, to
be as tipsy as David's sow
be as tipsy as David's sow, to
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