So if you know someone is likely to walk up your garden path, like the milkman, and you know it's slippery, you must take reasonable steps to clear it and grit it if necessary.
But far be it for us to put you on a slippery slope to dependency.
The trouble is that the idea of what defines a species is a lot more slippery than you might think.
You base this on the slippery-slope argument: selected cases may grow into casual practice over time.
You want to talk about a slippery slope or how guns don't kill people, people do.
The minute you start carving out exceptions to non-violence, you find yourself on a very slippery slope.
Not surprisingly, this argument concludes by warning against the slippery slope: if you outlaw sharia because it includes some dirty water around the globe, you will have effectively outlawed all such religious and private adjudicative bodies unless you are going to discriminate against the law of Muslims, which would violate the First Amendment and the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution.
When the emphasis of your efforts shifts away from others and to yourself you have placed yourself on a very slippery slope.
In an ice storm, if the car in front of you is skidding from side to side, you can bet that the road is slippery.
If your vehicle has ABS in very slippery conditions it will not give you the same control it would in others.
They can be slippery in the rain - treacherous if you are on a scooter.
So option three is, in reality, the only option: Walk along that thin and slippery tightrope of an argument in which you say no one wants to see strikes happen, but you understand why people are angry.
But it's a slippery slope because if most games start adopting this as a tactic you're effectively devaluing the money gamers have had to lay out in the first place.
You are assured to have a much better view on the company than any Oxford grad climbing the slippery pole in some brokerage in the Square Mile.
Apply all that new technology to an ancient lexicon of good manners that precluded not only the preparation but the cutting of food at Chinese tables, rich or poor, and you have no need for any tableware beyond your chopsticks, a couple of serving pieces, and a slippery porcelain spoon for soup.
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