quagmire

A noun referring to a soft, boggy area of land that gives way underfoot, or figuratively, a difficult, precarious, or entrapping situation.

ruСуществительное, обозначающее мягкое, болотистое место, которое проваливается под ногами, или, в переносном смысле, трудную, опасную или безвыходную ситуацию.esSustantivo que designa un terreno blando y pantanoso en el que uno se hunde, o, en sentido figurado, una situación difícil, peligrosa o sin salida.frNom désignant un terrain mou et marécageux qui s'enfonce sous les pas, ou, au sens figuré, une situation difficile, périlleuse ou sans issue.deSubstantiv, das einen weichen, sumpfigen Boden bezeichnet, in dem man versinkt, oder im übertragenen Sinn eine schwierige, gefährliche oder ausweglose Lage.ptSubstantivo que designa um terreno mole e pantanoso que cede sob os pés; em sentido figurado, uma situação difícil, perigosa ou sem saída.zh指松软、泥泞、会下陷的沼泽地；也比喻难以摆脱的困境、危险或绝境。arاسم يدل على أرض رخوة موحلة تغوص فيها القدم، ويُستعمل مجازًا للدلالة على موقف صعب أو خطير أو ميئوس منه.

1. Soft muddy ground C1 formal

   An area of soft, wet, muddy ground that is difficult to walk through.

   • The hikers got stuck in a quagmire after the heavy rain.
   • The field had turned into a quagmire from the constant flooding.
   • They had to pull the car out of the quagmire with a tractor.

   ruТрясинаesTerreno fangosofrterrain bourbeuxdeSchlammgrundptAtoladourozh泥沼arمستنقع

   同义词: bogfenmarshmiremorassquagsloughswamp

2. Difficult situation C1 formal

   A complicated, messy, or difficult situation that is hard to escape from.

   • The company found itself in a financial quagmire after the failed merger.
   • The political quagmire delayed any progress on the new law.
   • He tried to avoid the quagmire of office politics.

   ruТрясинаesAtolladerofrsituation inextricabledeZwickmühleptAtolamentozh困境arمأزق

   同义词: dilemmaimbrogliomessmiremorasspredicamentquandaryquicksandswamptangle

   反义词: advantageclarityeaseresolutionsolution

• quagmires plural form
• quagmires' possessive plural form
• quagmire's possessive singular form