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Hello and welcome to the English we.
Speak with me Fei Fei and me Rob.
We may sound a little different,
that's because we're not able to record in our normal studios during the coronavirus pandemic.
Now, Rob, why are you wearing those funny robber shoes today?
Well, it's in preparation for today's phrase.
Fei Fei.
What?
Our English expression today has nothing, nothing to do with wearing shoes.
Ah, but these are special rubber shoes to stop me sliding down any slippery slopes.
That is what we're talking about, isn't it?
Well, sort of.
But it's not really about slipping down a slope.
Only metaphorically.
Ah, right.
So it's got something to do with easily descending downhill into something.
Yep.
We describe a situation that is getting worse and will end in disaster unless it is stopped as a slippery slope.