slippery

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slip‧per‧y /ˈslɪpəri/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: noun: ↑slip, ↑slipper, ↑slippage, ↑slipperiness; verb: ↑slip; adjective: ↑slippery]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: slipper 'slippery' (11-19 centuries), from Old English slipor]
1. something that is slippery is difficult to hold, walk on etc because it is wet or ↑greasy:
In places, the path can be wet and slippery.
Harry’s palms were slippery with sweat.
2. informal someone who is slippery cannot be trusted:
Martin is a slippery customer (=someone you should not trust) so be careful what you say to him.
3. not having one clear meaning and able to be understood in different ways:
the slippery notion of ‘standards’
4. (be on) a/the slippery slope British English informal used to talk about a process or habit that is difficult to stop and which will develop into something extremely bad
(be on) a/the slippery slope to/towards
He is on the slippery slope to a life of crime.
—slipperiness noun [uncountable]

slipperyhu

◎	['slipəri]
※	tính từ
	■	(thông tục) trơn, khó nắm giữ, khó đứng, khó đi
		☆	it is slippery walking
			đường trơn
	■	dễ tuột, khó nắm, khó giữ (vấn đề, người...)
		☆	to be slippery as an eel
			lủi như chạch
	■	nan giải, khó xử, khó giải quyết (về một tình huống, vấn đề..)
	■	(thông tục) không tin được, không đáng tinh cậy, quay quắt, láu cá (người)
		☆	a slippery customer
			anh chàng láu cá
	〆	the slippery slope
		✓	(thông tục) chiều hướng hành động có thể dễ dàng dẫn đến thất bại, tai hoạ..

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tricky, slippy