quicksand
kwik sand
- n a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy
- n a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
- The African Union had already endorsed the plan, but Crisis Group saw nothing but quicksand.
- Then Eddie Clontz became editor, and WWN gleefully leapt into the quicksand of fake news.
- Covered with rock salt and slimy quicksand, Qattara is as desolate and lifeless as anything this side of the moon.