slippery fish
Hard to grasp
A slippery fish is someone evasive or hard to pin down—a person who avoids commitment, escapes accountability, or wriggles out of difficult situations: He's a slippery fish; every time we get close to a deal, he changes the terms.
The image is of trying to grasp a fish with bare hands.
- eelElongated scaleless fish
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
- wetSaturated with liquid
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- wrigglingTwisting with short movements
catch · grip · elusive · slimy · trout · escape · hands · river · dodge · squirm · cunning · oily · greased pig · salmon · glisten · quick · quick as a flash · net
slippery fishfirm grip
Secure manual hold
sticky surface · rough texture · non-slip surface · grippy · sandpaper
slippery fishstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
open book · straight talker · honest broker · man of his word · easy mark
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