he's+on+the+slippery+slope

ˈslɪpərɪ прил.
1) а) скользкий slippery road ≈ скользкая дорога The rocks were steep and slippery. ≈ Скалы были крутыми и скользкими. б) увертливый, юркий( о человеке) He was too slippery to be caught. ≈ Поймать его было невозможно - слишком уж он был увертлив.
2) ненадежный, нестабильный( о состоянии дел и т. п.) unstable, uncertain, insecure
3) ненадежный, неискренний, уклончивый, которому нельзя доверять( о человеке, тж. о действиях такого человека) Syn: tricky, fickle, shifty ∙ slippery slope скользкий;
гладкий - * deck (road, rope) скользкая палуба( дорога, веревка) увертливый щекотливый - * business (condition) щекотливое дело (положение) ненадежный;
нетвердый, неопределенный - * conditions неустойчивое положение - * memory нетвердая память обманчивый;
лживый - * prospects обманчивые надежды - * customer жуликоватый (сомнительный) тип > to be on a * slope стать на опасный( скользкий) путь > to play a * trick сыграть гадкую шутку > as * as an eel скользкий как угорь;
он всегда сумеет вывернуться slippery ненадежный, беспринципный( о человеке) ~ скользкий ~ увертливый

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runway n 2. самопроизвольное отклонение active runway align the aircraft with the runway all-service runway asphaltic runway surface autopilot runway available runway length basic runway length clear runway status clear the runway closed runway concrete runway concrete runway surface contaminate runway cross-sloped runway crushed stone runway surface damp runway delimit the runway delineate the runway dirt runway surface displaced runway threshold downhill runway dry runway dry runway status duty runway end of runway favourable runway orientation flooded runway foam a runway grading of runway grass runway surface gravel runway surface grooved runway surface hard-surface runway have the runway in sight high intensity runway lights humped runway ice-bound runway idle runway instrument runway landing runway leave the runway macadam runway surface magnetic orientation of runway main runway maintained runway noise preferential runway noninstrument runway nonprecision approach runway operational runway overflying the runway overrun the runway passing over the runway paved runway porous runway surface portion of a runway precipitation-covered runway (после выпадения атмосферных осадков) precision approach runway primary runway regular runway rigid pavement runway rising runway indicator run off the runway runway acceptance rate runway access taxiway runway alignment runway alignment indicator runway alignment indicator lights runway approach surveillance radar runway arrester runway arresting gear runway boundary beacon runway capacity runway category runway center line runway centerline runway centerline lights runway centerline marking runway classification system runway cleaner runway clearance light runway controlled runway control van runway designation marking runway direction runway drainage course runway edge runway edge lights runway edge marker runway edge marking runway elevation runway end identifier lights runway end lights runway end safety area runway end safety area lights runway environment runway extension runway extremity runway floodlight runway flush light runway friction characteristic runway gradient runway guard lights runway heading runway hidden hazard runway identifier lights runway intersection runway intersection sign runway jointing sealant runway leading edge runway lead-in lighting system runway lead-in lights runway length runway level runway lighting runway lighting system runway lighting unit runway marking runway orientation runway pattern runway pattern symbol runway performance runway presentation runway profile runway shoulder runway slope runway slope grid runway strip (включает ВПП, концевые и боковые полосы безопасности) runway strip pattern runway subgrade runway surface runway surface condition sensor runway surface evenness runway surface friction runway surface marking runway surface treatment runway sweeper runway threshold lights runway threshold marking runway touchdown lights runway true bearing runway turning bay runway usability factor runway usable distance runway user charge runway visibility runway visual length runway visual range runway visual range observation runway wearing course runway width secondary runway simultaneous use of runways slippery runway slope on runway smooth runway smooth runway surface snow-covered runway sodded runway soft-surface runway stabilizer runway takeoff runway the runway is clear the runway is not clear turf runway unpaved runway water-covered runway wet runway wet runway status wrong runway zero runway slope

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