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slippery slope

noun

  1. a dangerous and irreversible course:

    the slippery slope from narcotics to prison.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of slippery slope1

First recorded in 1985–90
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Idioms and Phrases

A dangerous course, one that leads easily to catastrophe, as in He's on a slippery slope, compromising his values to please both the bosses and the union . This metaphoric expression alludes to traversing a slick hillside, in constant danger of falling. [Mid-1900s]
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And I think we all need to, because it's a slippery slope.

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Critics say Canada is an example of the "slippery slope", meaning that once you pass an assisted dying law it will inevitably widen its scope and have fewer safeguards.

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"I wouldn't even call it a slippery slope," she says "Canada has fallen off a cliff."

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So is Canada an example of the so-called slippery slope?

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Critics often say that once assisted dying is legalised, over time the safeguards around such laws get eroded as part of a "slippery slope" towards more relaxed criteria.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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