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
The judge, the jury, and all the by-standers in court, it must be confessed, shared the opinion of Hickory—Mr. Orcutt was standing on slippery ground.
From Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green
Besides, I knew that I was treading on slippery ground: that it behoved me to be careful.
From Under the Red Robe by Stanley John Weyman
Besides, I knew that I was treading on slippery ground; that it behoved me to be careful.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman
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 Otto Schoenrich
