The phrase "a perilous path" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or course of action that is fraught with danger or risk.
Example: "Choosing to invest in that startup felt like a perilous path, but the potential rewards were too tempting to ignore."
Alternatives: "a dangerous route" or "a risky journey".
And this is often just a first step down a perilous path.
Veronica Guerin, 2003 Dublin's Guerin, like Moscow's Anna Politkovskaya, is a brave female investigative journalist who followed a perilous path to assassination.
Speaking to reporters in Benghazi on Sunday, Mr. Abdel-Jalil warned that continued protests could lead the country down a perilous path and pleaded with protesters to give the government more time.
Yet Mr Mandela has to pick a perilous path between meeting those hopes today and storing up economic trouble that will disappoint them tomorrow.The ANC has an ambitious plan to provide houses, electricity and sewerage.
But the bottom line is this: Without actively re-skilling the population and meaningfully redirecting capital towards constructive investment rather than parasitic consumption, America will remain on a perilous path of long-term economic decline.
There's a lot of talk now about the many reasons that President Obama faces a perilous path to re-election — starting, of course, with the torpid economy and a dysfunctional political system.
But, he added, "if we don't succeed, then I think that this country is going to go down a very perilous path.
At 9.55pm on election night, in Labour party headquarters at Brewers Green in Westminster, the party felt that it had charted a clear, if perilous, path to power.
It is a tricky and perilous path, but there are no realistic alternatives.
Take Me Out, albeit fun, doesn't capture the havoc, heartache and perilous path of a first date.
