slippery slope
idiomPart ofslippery
slippery slope — idiom
1. A process or series of events that starts in a small, acceptable way but leads i
1.idiom
Definition
A process or series of events that starts in a small, acceptable way but leads inevitably to serious, undesirable consequences.
Example
Trang warned that cutting the arts budget was a slippery slope — soon libraries and community centres would lose funding too.
Some parents worry that letting teenagers stay out an extra hour is a slippery slope towards having no rules at all.