| Villains smile like sharks, thieves are nimble as cats, a pickpocket is as slippery as an eel. |
| When it is wet, this snakelike body is very slippery, long ago giving rise to the simile, slippery as an eel. |
| This is you, who have been as slippery as an eel this last month, and as thorny as a briar-rose? |
| Memory may seem to be a guarantor of memoir's authenticity, but when pressed into service for a more general kind of food history, it can be become as slippery as an eel. |
| However, Secret Diplomacy is as slippery as an eel and versatile in colour as a cameleon. |
| With all due respect, Mr. O'Reilly, I would think that the Minister was as slippery as an eel on this occasion and I do not think that that is an objectionable remark. |
