Usage examples of "slippery rock" in English with translation to Russian

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When my bicycle hit the rock, the front tire blew out. Когда я наехал на камень, переднее колесо лопнуло.
The street is slippery. На улице скользко.
A monster lays on a rock near the top of the mountain. Чудовище лежало на скале у вершины горы.
The oil made the floor slippery and caused his sudden fall. Масло сделало пол скользким,что стало причиной его внезапного падения.
It was hard as rock. Оно было твёрдым как камень.
Caution is, of course, appropriate, for example, on certain bridges, where the surface can be icy and slippery. Однако внимательность нужна, например, на мостах, где поверхность может быть намерзшая и скользкая.
Their ship struck a rock. Их корабль налетел на скалу.
On the logical slippery slope, you slide to the bottom and embrace the morally unacceptable because there is no way to distinguish it from an acceptable practice. Вступив на логический "путь", в конце его вы принимаете нечто морально неприемлемое, потому что уже не можете отличить его от приемлемых действий.
A fallen rock barred his way. Упавший камень преградил ему путь.
The idea behind a slippery slope is that if you do x, which is acceptable, you will end up doing y, which is not. Основная идея таких рассуждений заключается в том, что вполне приемлемое действие "х", повлечет за собой абсолютно не приемлемое по своей сущности действие "y".
He acts like a rock star. Он ведёт себя так, будто он рок-звезда.
Will any country that legalizes therapeutic cloning inevitably slide down the so-called slippery slope and end up tolerating reproductive cloning? Но не случится ли так, что любая страна, легализовавшая терапевтическое клонирование, окажется на скользком пути, который в конечном итоге приведет к принятию репродуктивного клонирования?
The rock concert was called off because the singer fell ill. Рок-концерт отменили из-за болезни певца.
The world is on a slippery slope toward nationalism and exclusion. Мир вступил на скользкую дорожку, ведущую к национализму и изоляции.
Mars is a large rock with thin atmosphere. Марс - это большая скала с тонкой атмосферой.
The definition of torture is notoriously slippery, but we have known for some time now that the former president was being, shall we say, economical with the truth. Определение пыток довольно скользкое, но мы уже некоторое время знаем, что бывший президент говорил, по меньшей мере, не всю правду.
There were no holds for hand or foot on the rock. На скале был не за что держаться ни рукой, ни ногой.
Indeed, this is not the first time that Pakistan's relations with the US have been on a slippery slope. Действительно, отношения между США и Пакистаном не впервые оказываются шаткими.
I've done rock climbing and deep-sea diving and slept in the jungle of Indonesia. Я взбирался на скалы, нырял глубоко в море и спал в джунглях Индонезии.
Indeed, two types of slippery slopes - logical and sociological - exist. Действительно, существуют два вида "скользкого пути" - логический и социологический.
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