Dictionary of Ichthyology
slippery as an eel = an idiom, sliding from one's grasp as easily as an eel (which has an elongate, muscular body, no firm protrusions to grasp, small scales and a slimy skin, making it difficult to hold)
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slippery as an eel = an idiom, sliding from one's grasp as easily as an eel (which has an elongate, muscular body, no firm protrusions to grasp, small scales and a slimy skin, making it difficult to hold) |
| Krystal Lapierre and Anguilla rostrata at Champlain Bridge, Ottawa, River, 28 June 2005. Photograph by Brian W. Coad. |