engelska-danska översättning av quicksand
- kviksandDet er kviksand, den går på med sine argumenter i denne sag. It is on quicksand as far as its arguments are concerned on this issue. De ihærdige forsøg på at forene Europa politisk synes at være bygget på kviksand. The relentless attempts to turn Europe into a political unity seem to be built on quicksand. Jeg frygter stadigvæk, at Kommissionens finansielle fremtidsudsigter bygger på kviksand, men dette må ikke være tiden til kortsigtede besparelser. I still fear that the Commission's financial perspectives are built on quicksand, but this is not a time for short-sighted penny-pinching.
Definition av quicksand
- Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts
- Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
Exempel
- My feet were firmly lodged in the quicksand, and the more I struggled the more I sank into it.
- The quicksands of youth...
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