Eel Proverbs

If an eel is with fish, he shows his tail; if he is with snakes, he shows his head. (Indonesian Proverb)
Cover up the pot, there's an eel in it. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
He lords it like an eel in a tub. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
The eel that got away is as fat as your thigh. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
He who has been bitten by a snake is afraid of an eel. View proverb
Danish Proverb
There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale. View proverb
German Proverb
Who takes an eel by the tail or a woman by her word, grasp as he will, holds nothing fast. View proverb
German Proverb
Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word, may say he holds nothing. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an eel by its tail. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
What's all the fuss?" said the crane after the eel had slipped away. "I never liked fish anyway. View proverb
African Proverb
An eel held by the tail is not yet caught. (American Proverb)
Who has a woman has an eel by the tail. View proverb
English Proverb
An eel by his tail, an Irishman at his word. View proverb
English Proverb
I have a sliddery Eel by the tail. View proverb
Scottish Proverb
To squeeze an eel too hard is the way to lose it. View proverb
French Proverb
An eel escapes from a good fisherman. View proverb
French Proverb
Marriage is a sack full of ninety-nine snakes and one eel. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
You hold an eel by the tail. View proverb
Latin Proverb
As slippery as an eel. (15th century) View proverb
English Proverb
From the woods a beautiful pheasant, from the sea a beautiful moray eel, from the river a den eel, from the cage a beautiful chicken. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
You hold an eel by the tail. [You are dealing with a slippery fellow.]. (Latin Proverb)
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