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skin an eel by the tail
skin an eel by the tail
skin an eel by the tail
To do something in an ill-advised way.
Why are you skinning an eel by the tail? You know you can't back out of the driveway until you clear all that snow out of the way!
See also:
eel
,
skin
,
tail
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Ayane
ah-yah-ne
Japanese
Hourig
-
Armenian
Anahera
-
Maori
Herron
['herən]
Taegan
-
English (Rare)
Augusta
ow-GUWS-tah
(German, Polish)
, ow-GOOS-tah
(Italian)
, ə-GUS-tə
(English)
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