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1 slippery slope
1) Общая лексика: опасное дело, опасный спуск, скользкий путь, скользкая дорожка2) Переносный смысл: опасный путь (Restricting these basic freedoms is a slippery slope for the country.) -
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > slippery slope
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מדרון חלקלק* * *◙ קלקלח ןורדמ◄ -
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English-Portuguese philosophical dictionary > slippery slope argument
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situação escorregadia, derrapagemEnglish-Portuguese philosophical dictionary > slippery slope
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10 a (or the) slippery slope
oпacный путь, куpc, чpeвaтый тяжёлыми пocлeдcтвиями (чacтo be on, get on, go down или slide down the slippery slope кaтитьcя пo нaклoннoй плocкocти)Mr Short was confident yesterday that the Government was not embarking on a slippery slope without realising it (The Guardian)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > a (or the) slippery slope
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11 head down a slippery slope
Переносный смысл: идти по скользкому путиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > head down a slippery slope
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13 there is widespread fear of a slippery slope towards designer babies
Общая лексика: общественность обеспокоена тем, что обозначилась опасная тенденция выбирать пол ребёнка до его появления на светУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > there is widespread fear of a slippery slope towards designer babies
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14 to be on a slippery slope
Общая лексика: стать на опасный путь, стать на скользкий путьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > to be on a slippery slope
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slippery [ˈslɪpərɪ]a. [surface] glissantb. ( = unreliable) he's a slippery customer c'est quelqu'un sur qui on ne peut pas compter* * *['slɪpərɪ]1) ( difficult to grip) [road, fish] glissant2) ( difficult to deal with) [subject] délicata slippery customer — (colloq) un personnage suspect
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slippery ['slɪpərɪ](a) (surface, soap) glissant;∎ the path is slippery le chemin est glissant;∎ it's slippery (underfoot) ça glisse;∎ figurative to be on slippery ground être sur un terrain glissant;∎ figurative we're on the slippery slope to bankruptcy nous allons droit à la faillite∎ he's a slippery customer c'est le genre de type à qui on ne peut pas se fier;∎ he's as slippery as an eel il glisse comme une ou est aussi insaisissable qu'une anguille -
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1 ( difficult to grip) [road, path, fish, material] glissant ;2 ( difficult to deal with) [subject, situation] délicat ;to be on the slippery slope être sur une pente savonneuse. -
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adjective1) schlüpfrig; glitschighe is a slippery customer — er ist aalglatt (abwertend)
3) (fig.): (delicate) heikel [Thema, Fall]* * *1) (so smooth as to cause slipping: The path is slippery - watch out!) glatt2) (not trustworthy: He's rather a slippery character.) aalglatt* * *slip·pery[ˈslɪpəri, AM -ɚi]\slippery road/surface glatte Straße/Oberfläche\slippery soap glitschige Seifea \slippery person eine unzuverlässige Person, ein Windhund m3.▶ to be as \slippery as an eel aalglatt sein▶ to be on the [or a] \slippery slope auf der schiefen Bahn sein* * *['slIpərI]adj1) schlüpfrig; rope, road, ground glatt, rutschig; shoes glatt; fish, mud glitschigthe roads were slippery with ice — die Straßen waren eisglatt
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* * *slippery [ˈslıpərı] adj (adv slipperily)1. rutschig, glatt (Straße etc):be on slippery ground fig sich auf unsicherem Boden bewegen;2. fig gerissen:he’s a slippery customer er ist aalglatt3. zweifelhaft, unsicher (Position etc)4. heikel (Thema etc)* * *adjective1) schlüpfrig; glitschigbe on a slippery path or slope — (fig.) auf einem verhängnisvollen Weg sein
he is a slippery customer — er ist aalglatt (abwertend)
3) (fig.): (delicate) heikel [Thema, Fall]* * *adj.aalglatt adj.gerissen adj.glitschig adj.rutschig adj.schlüpfrig adj.
См. также в других словарях:
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slippery slope — UK / US noun [singular] a problem or situation that is getting worse and will become extremely bad unless it is stopped be on a/the slippery slope to something: The country is on the slippery slope to revolution … English dictionary
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