Quagmire

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Noun

Singular quagmire

Plural quagmires

1. a swampy, soggy area of ground.
2. a difficult or precarious situation; a predicament.
3. a mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.

   The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.

   The invasion of the country went smoothly but the subsequent occupation became a quagmire.

Translations

Català: pantà, m Dutch: moeras German: Sumpf m (1,3) Interlingua: palude. fangositate Italian: imbroglio

Spanish: pantano m Volapük: maräd, lulak

fr:quagmire fi:quagmire zh:quagmire