Quicksand
noun
A type of sand that can suck in things that stand, walk, or fall on it.
He got stuck in the quicksand and couldn't move.
Often appears as...
- stuck in quicksand
- sinking in quicksand
noun
A situation that is dangerous or difficult to escape from.
His gambling debts are a quicksand pulling him deeper into trouble.
Often appears as...
- quicksand of debt
- quicksand of despair
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Disapproving
noun
A type of sand that can suck in things that stand, walk, or fall on it.
He got stuck in the quicksand and couldn't move.
Often appears as...
- stuck in quicksand
- sinking in quicksand
noun
A situation that is dangerous or difficult to escape from.
His gambling debts are a quicksand pulling him deeper into trouble.
Often appears as...
- quicksand of debt
- quicksand of despair
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Trap
Quicksand in nature acts like a trap, making escape difficult.
In adventure stories, characters might be trapped by quicksand.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Actual Sand
Quicksand is not like ordinary sand; it's waterlogged and behaves differently.
Unlike beach sand, quicksand can be deceptively dangerous.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Quick
Despite its name, 'quicksand' doesn't mean it makes you sink fast.
He was slowly sinking in quicksand, not instantly as he feared.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Trap
Quicksand in nature acts like a trap, making escape difficult.
In adventure stories, characters might be trapped by quicksand.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Actual Sand
Quicksand is not like ordinary sand; it's waterlogged and behaves differently.
Unlike beach sand, quicksand can be deceptively dangerous.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Quick
Despite its name, 'quicksand' doesn't mean it makes you sink fast.
He was slowly sinking in quicksand, not instantly as he feared.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Trap
Quicksand in nature acts like a trap, making escape difficult.
In adventure stories, characters might be trapped by quicksand.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Actual Sand
Quicksand is not like ordinary sand; it's waterlogged and behaves differently.
Unlike beach sand, quicksand can be deceptively dangerous.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Quick
Despite its name, 'quicksand' doesn't mean it makes you sink fast.
He was slowly sinking in quicksand, not instantly as he feared.
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Choose your own TED Talk...
to Edward Packard saying I got lots of Spears in my back I went down a quicksand and that was so great so kids just love dying in those books for some parent reason and it also allowed Edward Packard to follow his true passion because actually figured he didn't really like law that very much and
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Philip Howard: Four ways...
for your lost pair of pants for $100, but not in a court of general jurisdiction for millions of dollars. Case dismissed without prejudice or refiling in small claims court. Takes five minutes. That's it, it's not that hard. But it's a hard hurdle because we got into this legal quicksand
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Can You Survive...
the sand particles apart causing the ground to loosen what's left is a soggy combination of the two that can no longer support as much weight so when you stand on it you start to sink I want to find out if it's actually possible to get out of quicksand and to do that I'm
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Your body language...
quicksand so this really spikes your cortisol so this is the job interview we put them through because we really wanted to see what happened we then have these coders look at these tapes four of them they're blind to the hypothesis they're blind to the conditions they
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Your body language may...
so they look like this. Imagine this is the person interviewing you. So for five minutes, nothing, and this is worse than being heckled. People hate this. It's what Marianne LaFrance calls "standing in social quicksand." So this really spikes your cortisol.
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Jamil Zaki: How to...
that will pull me in deeper, the more I move through it. So I fight to believe in people, not because it feels good, but because stories matter, and we're telling ours all the time, together. We all get stuck in quicksand -- sometimes, that's OK.
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Shekhar Kapur: We are...
the power of not knowing. When I go out to direct a film, every day we prepare too much, we think too much. Knowledge becomes a weight upon wisdom. You know, simple words lost in the quicksand of experience.
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Sulphur Surfer PIPE Yukon...
the rocks I'm just gonna take it down a little bit with the hall I don't know I'm sinking now it's gonna be soft it's like dough runoff water from the sluice leaves upon the quicksand looks like
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How To Survive Quicksand...
I've been watching out so closely for predators that I run straight into something else life threatening, quicksand.
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Ruby Sales: How we can...
And yet, we are still, as a nation, mired down in the quicksand of racism.
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Choose your own TED Talk...
to Edward Packard saying I got lots of Spears in my back I went down a quicksand and that was so great so kids just love dying in those books for some parent reason and it also allowed Edward Packard to follow his true passion because actually figured he didn't really like law that very much and
Video examples
Philip Howard: Four ways...
for your lost pair of pants for $100, but not in a court of general jurisdiction for millions of dollars. Case dismissed without prejudice or refiling in small claims court. Takes five minutes. That's it, it's not that hard. But it's a hard hurdle because we got into this legal quicksand
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Can You Survive...
the sand particles apart causing the ground to loosen what's left is a soggy combination of the two that can no longer support as much weight so when you stand on it you start to sink I want to find out if it's actually possible to get out of quicksand and to do that I'm
Video examples
Your body language...
quicksand so this really spikes your cortisol so this is the job interview we put them through because we really wanted to see what happened we then have these coders look at these tapes four of them they're blind to the hypothesis they're blind to the conditions they
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Your body language may...
so they look like this. Imagine this is the person interviewing you. So for five minutes, nothing, and this is worse than being heckled. People hate this. It's what Marianne LaFrance calls "standing in social quicksand." So this really spikes your cortisol.
Video examples
Jamil Zaki: How to...
that will pull me in deeper, the more I move through it. So I fight to believe in people, not because it feels good, but because stories matter, and we're telling ours all the time, together. We all get stuck in quicksand -- sometimes, that's OK.
Video examples
Shekhar Kapur: We are...
the power of not knowing. When I go out to direct a film, every day we prepare too much, we think too much. Knowledge becomes a weight upon wisdom. You know, simple words lost in the quicksand of experience.
Video examples
Sulphur Surfer PIPE Yukon...
the rocks I'm just gonna take it down a little bit with the hall I don't know I'm sinking now it's gonna be soft it's like dough runoff water from the sluice leaves upon the quicksand looks like
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How To Survive Quicksand...
I've been watching out so closely for predators that I run straight into something else life threatening, quicksand.
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Ruby Sales: How we can...
And yet, we are still, as a nation, mired down in the quicksand of racism.
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Quote examples
Peer Steinbruck
German Politician
There's no more place in the euro zone for well-meaning laxness when dealing with deficits and failings. If the demands on Greece aren't taken seriously, we'll get stuck in quicksand. In the worst case, this would make it acceptable for one tranche to not be paid out. It is in the Greeks own interest not to test that.
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Trent Reznor
American Musician
In my life, I was always floating around the edge of the dark side and saying what if take it a little bit too far, and who says you have to stop there, and what's behind the next door. Maybe you gain a wisdom from examining those things. But after a while, you get too far down in the quicksand.
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Robert Osborne
American Actor
In a business like the movie business, you're going to have a lot of people competing. Somebody is always coming behind them who wants their job. Being an actor is like being in quicksand: whatever you do, it disappears very quickly. You have to keep reminding people.
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Shekhar Kapur
Indian Actor
When I go out to direct a film, every day we prepare too much, we think too much. Knowledge becomes a weight upon wisdom. You know, simple words lost in the quicksand of experience.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
I think you get to a time in life where by definition stuff's turning to quicksand and wherever you can get some solid footing of the familiar suddenly becomes real comforting.
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Regina Brett
American Journalist
We all have a personal pool of quicksand inside us where we begin to sink and need friends and family to find us and remind us of all the good that has been and will be.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually.
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Hannah More
English Writer
Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.
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Art Buchwald
American Journalist
I worship the quicksand he walks in.
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George Sand
French Novelist
Vanity is the quicksand of reason.
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Peer Steinbruck
German Politician
There's no more place in the euro zone for well-meaning laxness when dealing with deficits and failings. If the demands on Greece aren't taken seriously, we'll get stuck in quicksand. In the worst case, this would make it acceptable for one tranche to not be paid out. It is in the Greeks own interest not to test that.
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Trent Reznor
American Musician
In my life, I was always floating around the edge of the dark side and saying what if take it a little bit too far, and who says you have to stop there, and what's behind the next door. Maybe you gain a wisdom from examining those things. But after a while, you get too far down in the quicksand.
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Robert Osborne
American Actor
In a business like the movie business, you're going to have a lot of people competing. Somebody is always coming behind them who wants their job. Being an actor is like being in quicksand: whatever you do, it disappears very quickly. You have to keep reminding people.
Quote examples
Shekhar Kapur
Indian Actor
When I go out to direct a film, every day we prepare too much, we think too much. Knowledge becomes a weight upon wisdom. You know, simple words lost in the quicksand of experience.
Quote examples
Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
I think you get to a time in life where by definition stuff's turning to quicksand and wherever you can get some solid footing of the familiar suddenly becomes real comforting.
Quote examples
Regina Brett
American Journalist
We all have a personal pool of quicksand inside us where we begin to sink and need friends and family to find us and remind us of all the good that has been and will be.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually.
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Hannah More
English Writer
Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.
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Art Buchwald
American Journalist
I worship the quicksand he walks in.
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George Sand
French Novelist
Vanity is the quicksand of reason.
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