| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Eel |
| | | A gray eel is better than a variegated serpent. German. | 1 |
| All that breed in the mud are not eels. | 2 |
| An eel escapes from a good fisherman. | 3 |
| An eel held by the tail is not yet caught. | 4 |
| As nimble as an eel in a sand bag. | 5 |
| As slippery as an eel. | 6 |
| Cover up the pot, there’s an eel in it. Dutch. | 7 |
| He is as much out of his element as an eel in a sand bag. | 8 |
| Holding an eel too fast is the way to let it escape. | 9 |
| Mud chokes no eels. | 10 |
| The eel that will eat lettuce must come to land. German. | 11 |
| There is an eel under the rock: i.e., if you wish to find you must search. French. | 12 |
| There is as much hold of his words as of a wet eel by the tail. | 13 |
| To begin skinning the eel at the tail. French. | 14 |
| To squeeze an eel too hard is the way to lose it. French. | 15 |
| You cannot hide an eel in a sack. | 16 | | |
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