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				难以摆脱的困境;不可靠的局面
				You can refer to a situation as quicksand when you want to suggest that it is dangerous or difficult to escape from, or does not provide a strong basis for what you are doing.
例句
						I was about to sink into the quicksand of sin...
						我就要陷入罪孽的深渊了。
						The research seemed founded on quicksand.
						这项研究犹如建在流沙之上,基础极不稳固。