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slippery eel
noun as in criminal
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She's a slippery eel, deceiving no one more consistently than herself.
She's a slippery eel, deceiving no one more consistently than herself.
“The Thai state is like an oiled, slippery eel,” he said.
Trying to catch this administration in a consistency is as challenging as netting a slippery eel.
They also call him a “slippery eel,” accusing him of being notoriously vague on tough questions, a trait that has sometimes served him well as a diplomat but now is under harsher scrutiny as he considers a presidential bid.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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