Definitions from Wiktionary (slippery slope)
▸ noun: (figuratively) A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.
▸ noun: (by extension) A logical fallacy in which a party asserts that a particular result will probably follow from a given decision or circumstance, without necessarily providing any rational argument for the likelihood of the assumed consequence.
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▸ noun: (figuratively) A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.
▸ noun: (by extension) A logical fallacy in which a party asserts that a particular result will probably follow from a given decision or circumstance, without necessarily providing any rational argument for the likelihood of the assumed consequence.
Similar:
accident waiting to happen,
downward spiral,
disaster waiting to happen,
sinking ship,
sticky wicket,
slippage,
camel's nose,
backfiring,
backsliding,
staircase wit,
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