After peeling off outer skin, they polish it with castor oil, cactus jelly, curd, ghee and turmeric powder to make it smooth and slippery. |
And as it all unravelled, cosy deals, lax auditing, wheels within wheels, and slippery accounting was exposed. |
Police effectiveness is a notoriously slippery concept to define or measure. |
It appeared to have one more cloth under the heavier top cloth of thick high-quality fine weave, but was smooth and slippery like silk. |
Crushed leaves become slippery when wet, and the poor adhesion between wheel and track makes it difficult for trains to slow down and stop. |
I trudge through sleet on icy sidewalks to look at equally slippery art shows. |