slippery ground

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Roget 667: rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken rocks, snags; sands, quicksands; syrt^†, syrtis^†; Goodwin sands, sandy foundation; slippery ground; breakers, shoals, shallows, bank, shelf, flat, lee shore, ironbound coast; rock ahead, breakers ahead.    precipice; maelstrom, volcano; ambush etc. 530; pitfall, trapdoor; trap etc. (snare) 545.    sword of Damocles; wolf at the door, snake in the grass, death in the pot; latency etc. 526.    ugly customer, dangerous person, le chat qui dort [Fr.]; firebrand, hornet's nest.    ... meer laten zien

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