slippery slope
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Définition et signification de « slippery slope » en anglais

Slippery slope
01

a situation where a small initial action or decision leads to a chain of events that ultimately results in a more significant and often negative outcome 

idiome
informations grammaticales
statut d’animéité
abstrait
composition morphologique
composé
dénombrable
singular
not gender specific
forme plurielle
slippery slopes
Exemples
Allowing one exception to the rule could be the start of a slippery slope toward chaos. 
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