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| English | Russian |
| head down a slippery slope | идти по скользкому пути (Вирченко) |
| slippery slope | скользкая дорожка (a chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious: I think basing your actions off an assumption like that is a slippery slope that is going to get you in trouble Taras) |
| slippery slope | опасный путь (Restricting these basic freedoms is a slippery slope for our country. ART Vancouver) |
| slippery slope | скользкий путь (a course of action likely to lead to something bad or disastrous: he is on the slippery slope towards a life of crime Taras) |
| slippery slope | курс (курс, движение, какие-либо действия, ведущие к провалу, неприятностям, бедам Taras) |