on slippery ground
Example Sentences
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The prevailing mood suggests that both parties may be on slippery ground in a country frayed by the ravages of terrorism.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was too experienced a knave to remain on slippery ground, now that his eyes were open to the danger which menaced him.
From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile
Promises of this kind, I said, stood on slippery ground, and must always be understood with the limits which might be prescribed by conviction.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John
The first ten minutes of such a journey on slippery ground make the trip appear an adventure, the next ten an experience, but after that the expedition becomes exceedingly wearisome.
From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Schoenrich, Otto
"And have always found you on slippery ground."
From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton
