slippery person

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• Slippery When Wet — Studioalbum von Bon Jovi Veröffentlichung 1. September 1986[1] Label …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Slippery rail — is an adverse condition of railroads caused by fallen moist leaves that lie on and cling to the top surface of the rails of railroad tracks. The condition can cause severe premature wear on railroad equipment, delay railroad traffic and force… …   Wikipedia

• slippery customer — A person from whom it is difficult to get anything definite or fixed is a slippery customer …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• slippery — ► ADJECTIVE 1) difficult to hold firmly or stand on through being smooth, wet, or slimy. 2) (of a person) evasive and unpredictable. 3) (of a word or concept) changing in meaning according to context or point of view. DERIVATIVES slipperiness… …   English terms dictionary

• slippery — adjective (slipperier, slipperiest) 1》 difficult to hold firmly or stand on through being smooth, wet, or slimy. 2》 (of a person) evasive and unpredictable.     ↘(of a word or concept) changing in meaning according to context or point of view.… …   English new terms dictionary

• slippery as an eel — adjective a) So slippery that it is almost impossible to hold with ones hands b) (of a person) So crafty, or cunning that they cannot be caught by the police, although it is known that they are acting illegally …   Wiktionary

• slippery customer —    A person from whom it is difficult to get anything definite or fixed is a slippery customer.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Slippery customer —   A person from whom it is difficult to get anything definite or fixed is a slippery customer …   Dictionary of English idioms

• slippery —   Pahe e, palaha, pakelo, pākelokelo, pakika, lali, lalilali, hānupa, hānupanupa; kelo (as mucus); kika, kikika, kūkele, nakele, kūmole, polokake, ū ua, ho owale hau.   See slick, slip.    ♦ Slippery parrot fish, uhu pakelo (a wily person) …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• slippery as an eel — 1) 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) 2) a good negotiator not easily pinned down on a commitment …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• twister, you —    In modern British slang, a twister is a cheat, a slippery person. It is used by one man to another in Pray for the Wanderer, by Kate O’Brien. The speaker thinks that the man so addressed is not giving him a straight answer. ‘Dirty little… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address