Англо-русский словарь - slippery
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slippery
adj.
1) скользкий
2) увертливый
3) ненадежный, беспринципный (о человеке)
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1.
1. скользкий; гладкий slippery deck (road, rope) —- скользкая палуба (дорога, веревка) 2. увертливый 3. щекотливый slippery business (condition) —- щекотливое дело (положение) 4. ненадежный; нетвердый, неопределенный slippery conditions —- неустойчивое положение slippery memory —- нетвердая память 5. обманчивый; лживый slippery prospects —- обманчивые надежды slippery customer —- жуликоватый (сомнительный) тип Id: to be on a slippery slope —- стать на опасный (скользкий) путь Id: to play a slippery trick —- сыграть гадкую шутку Id: as slippery as an eel —- скользкий как угорь; он всегда сумеет вывернуться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
adj. 1 difficult to hold firmly because of smoothness, wetness, sliminess, or elusive motion. 2 (of a surface) difficult to stand on, causing slips by its smoothness or muddiness. 3 unreliable, unscrupulous, shifty. 4 (of a subject) requiring tactful handling. Phrases and idioms slippery elm 1 the N. American red elm, Ulmus fulva. 2 the medicinal inner bark of this. slippery slope a course leading to disaster. Derivatives slipperily adv. slipperiness n. Etymology: prob. coined by Coverdale (1535) after Luther's schlipfferig, MHG slipferig f. slipfern, slipfen f. Gmc: partly f. slipper slippery (now dial.) f. OE slipor f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
5.
adjective (slipperier; -est) Etymology: alteration of Middle English slipper Date: circa 1500 1. a. causing or tending to cause something to slide or fall ~ roads b. tending to slip from the grasp a ~ fish 2. a. not firmly fixed ; unstable b. not precise or fixed in meaning ; ambiguous, elusive 3. not to be trusted ; tricky • slipperiness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
6.
1. Something that is slippery is smooth, wet, or oily and is therefore difficult to walk on or to hold. The tiled floor was wet and slippery... Motorists were warned to beware of slippery conditions. ADJ 2. You can describe someone as slippery if you think that they are dishonest in a clever way and cannot be trusted. He is a slippery customer, and should be carefully watched. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 3. If someone is on a slippery slope, they are involved in a course of action that is difficult to stop and that will eventually lead to failure or trouble. The company started down the slippery slope of believing that they knew better than the customer. PHRASE: N inflects, usu down/on PHR, oft PHR to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
7.
~ adj 1 something that is slippery is difficult to hold, walk on etc because it is wet or greasy (Be careful! The floor's very slippery.) 2 informal someone who is slippery cannot be trusted and usually manages to avoid being punished (slippery customer (=someone you cannot trust)) (I wouldn't lend him any money, he's a real slippery customer.) 3 be on the slippery slope BrE informal to have begun a process or habit which is hard to stop and which will develop into something extremely bad (Once you start taking soft drugs you're on the slippery slope to becoming an addict.) - slipperiness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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