āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
quicksand
/kwËÉĒksÃĻnd/
Quicksand
01
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ
a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
02
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻĻ
a hazardous or difficult situation that is very hard to get out of
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The economic downturn was quicksand for the struggling small business.
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āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ°āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
quicksand
quick
sand
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