AS SLIPPERY AS AN EEL

Meaning of AS SLIPPERY AS AN EEL in English

evasive, devious, elusive, crafty

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AS SLIPPERY AS AN EEL — * slippery as an eel скользкий, как уж; очень хитрый, изворотливый
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
AS SLIPPERY AS AN EEL — скользкий, как уж; очень хитрый, изворотливый
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AS — (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. предл. 1) в качестве; как He was employed as a teacher ≈ Он служил учителем. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AS — as.ogg _I 1. æz (полная форма); əz,z (редуцированные формы) rel pron 1. вводит придаточные определительные предложения или обороты с such …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AS — _I 1. æz (полная форма); əz,z (редуцированные формы) rel pron 1. вводит придаточные определительные предложения или обороты с such , …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AS — 1. _rel. 1> какой, который; this is the same book as I lost - это такая же книга, как та, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
AS — 1. rel. 1. какой, который; this is the same book as I lost - это такая же книга, как та, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
AS — (полная форма); əz , z (редуцированные формы) 1. _pron. _rel. 1> какой, который; this is the same book as I …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
AS — (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. предл. 1) в качестве; как He was employed as a teacher ≈ Он служил учителем. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
SLIPPERY — glissid, lubric
English interlingue dictionary
EEL — anguille. ~BASKET: nasse
English interlingue dictionary
EEL — noun Etymology: Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl; akin to Old High German āl ~ Date: before 12th century …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EEL — Any of more than 500 fish species (order Anguilliformes) that are slender, elongated, and usually scaleless, with long dorsal and …
Английский словарь Британика
EEL — I. ˈēl, esp before pause or consonant ˈēəl noun ( plural eels also eel ) Etymology: Middle English ele, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — ˈslip(ə)rē, -ri adjective ( sometimes -er/est ) Etymology: alteration (perhaps influenced by Low German slipperig slippery) of Middle English sliper, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
Английский словарь Webster
SLIPPERY — (a.) Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon …
Английский словарь Webster
EEL — (n.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
SLIPPERY — ( a. ) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — ( a. ) Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EEL — ( n. ) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — — slipperiness , n. /slip"euh ree, slip"ree/ , adj., slipperier, slipperiest . 1. tending or liable to cause slipping or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EEL — — eellike , adj. — eely , adj. /eel/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) eel , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EEL — n. snakelike fish
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLIPPERY — adjective ( slip·per·i·er ; -est ) Etymology: alteration of Middle English slipper Date: circa 1500 1. a. : causing or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EEL — noun Etymology: Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl; akin to Old High German āl eel Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLIPPERY — adj uncertain in effect. 2. slippery ·adj liable to slip; not standing firm. 3. slippery ·adj wanton; unchaste; loose in …
Webster English vocab
EEL — noun an elongated fish of many genera and species. the common eels of europe and america belong to the genus …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
EEL — ■ noun a snake-like fish with a slender elongated body and poorly developed fins, proverbial for its slipperiness. [ Anguilla …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EEL — [eel] n [ME ele, fr. OE ael; akin to OHG al eel] (bef. 12c) 1 a: any of numerous voracious …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AN
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EEL — any of more than 500 species of fish of the order Anguilliformes. True eels are elongated or even wormlike bony …
Britannica English vocabulary
EEL — eel BrE AmE iː ə l ▷ eels iː ə lz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — / ˈslɪpəri; NAmE / adjective 1. (also informal slippy ) difficult to hold or to stand or move on, because …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EEL — / iːl; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] a long thin sea or freshwater fish that looks like …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — slip ‧ per ‧ y /ˈslɪp ə ri/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ slip , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EEL — eel /iːl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æl ] a long thin fish that looks …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLIPPERY — adj. 1 difficult to hold firmly because of smoothness, wetness, sliminess, or elusive motion. 2 (of a surface) difficult to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EEL — n. 1 any of various snakelike fish, with slender body and poorly developed fins. 2 a slippery or evasive person …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLIPPERY — adj. 1 difficult to hold firmly because of smoothness, wetness, sliminess, or elusive motion. 2 (of a surface) difficult to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EEL — n. 1 any of various snakelike fish, with slender body and poorly developed fins. 2 a slippery or evasive person …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — adj.1 difficult to hold firmly because of smoothness, wetness, sliminess, or elusive motion. 2 (of a surface) difficult to stand …
Oxford English vocab

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