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Meanings of as slippery in English

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Usage of as slippery in English
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Of course, explicating the source of unfairness remains as slippery as ever.
Numbers rule your world: the hidden influence of probabilities a...
2
Information can be as slippery as Steve McQueen in The Great Escape.
Wired
3
They're as slippery as they are seemingly shy, this Summer Camp pair.
The Guardian
4
To-day she was polite, but cool, and as slippery as an eel.
Put Yourself in His Place
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The sides were covered with matted brushwood and were as slippery as glass.
The Lost Valley
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The man's as slippery as an eel; I don't trust him.
The Gadfly
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He was as slippery as Alben, but Tobin liked him a good deal better.
The Bone Doll's Twin
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Making the car as slippery as possible is key to the car's impressive efficiency.
Wired
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It could be crossed only on a large slippery wheel, as slippery as ice.
The Eskimo Twins
10
Which, as slippery as they are, contract like steel cables, almost breaking my fingers.
Beat the reaper: a novel
11
All the same, that fellow's as slippery as an eel.
The Black Box
12
They were as slippery as a fish, these worms.
Servant of a dark god
13
But as slippery as an eel when I want to get a confession from you.
Jude the Obscure
14
They seem to me just as slippery as eels.
True Blue
15
Boys, that penguin was as slippery as a greased pig and as fat as butter.
The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
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The real-world definition of "robot" is just as slippery as those fictional depictions.
Wired
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