slippery eel

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.