English-French translations for quicksand

• sables mouvants
  Ses arguments en la matière reposent sur des sables mouvants. It is on quicksand as far as its arguments are concerned on this issue.
  Ce concept n' existe pas et repose donc sur des sables mouvants ! This does not exist by any stretch of the imagination and is simply quicksand!
  Les incessantes tentatives pour établir une seule politique européenne semblent reposer sur des sables mouvants. The relentless attempts to turn Europe into a political unity seem to be built on quicksand.

Definition of quicksand

• Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts
• Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically

Examples

• My feet were firmly lodged in the quicksand, and the more I struggled the more I sank into it.
• The quicksands of youth...

Related words

• quicksilver
• quickstep
• quickset
• quicksort
• quickset hedge