The alternative is slither and slide in the political sense.
We see a long, slow slither into relative international poverty and decline.
It has meant that over twelve years we have slithered from one crisis to another.
Our greatest worry is that parts of public sector housing are slithering into slumdom.
It struck me that he was batting on a very sticky wicket and was slithering all over the place.
What we cannot afford to do in this or any other field is to make a leisurely slither into unexampled difficulties.
It is a probation officer who should step into the breach and save that person from slithering further down the ladder.
They are people who can slither into miserable oblivion unless we can give them the sort of help that they need.
