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['slɪpərɪ]1) (difficult to grip) [ road] scivoloso, sdrucciolevole; [ fish] viscido2) (difficult to deal with) [ subject] scabrosoa slippery customer — colloq. un tipo subdolo
••* * *1) (so smooth as to cause slipping: The path is slippery - watch out!) scivoloso2) (not trustworthy: He's rather a slippery character.) disonesto, ingannevole* * *slippery /ˈslɪpərɪ/a.1 sdrucciolevole; scivoloso; viscido ( anche fig.): a slippery pavement, un marciapiede sdrucciolevole2 (fam.) evasivo; sfuggente; disonesto; ingannevole; infido; privo di scrupoli; subdolo: a slippery customer, un tipo infido● (Austral.) slippery dip, scivolo ( gioco infantile) □ (autom.) «Slippery road» ( cartello), «attenzione con pioggia e gelo» □ a slippery subject, un argomento scabroso □ as slippery as an eel, sfuggente come un'anguilla □ (fig.) slippery slope, brutta strada; brutta china: The Earth is on the slippery slope to ecological disaster, la Terra sta scivolando lungo la china che porta al disastro ecologico.* * *['slɪpərɪ]1) (difficult to grip) [ road] scivoloso, sdrucciolevole; [ fish] viscido2) (difficult to deal with) [ subject] scabrosoa slippery customer — colloq. un tipo subdolo
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