Might mean (unverified): Difficult to grasp or understand.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (slippery as an eel)

adjective:  (simile, colloquial) So slippery that it is almost impossible to hold.
adjective:  (idiomatic, simile, colloquial) Very crafty or cunning.

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