Does it have a philosophical and literary interpretation? Is the expresion used in contemproray writings?
2006-12-24 22:01:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Quicksand is a harmless-looking stretch of mud. You think you can cross it easily, but once you sink in, it sucks you down and when you try to pull up one leg, the other sinks in all the more. Without outside help, help from firm ground, therre is a high risk of death.
Today it is simply a common figure of speech, a flowery description of being caught in something that you cannot really fight against, that draws you down more and more.
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2006-12-24 22:08:50 · answer #1 · answered by saehli 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when we get in a fix or when we come across some situation thru which we don't see a way out or say ur trapped into a situation where u can't get out or can't explain thats when we use the expression "Caught in Quicksand" I suppose since it's an expression it sure is in use since ages.
2006-12-24 22:07:46 · answer #2 · answered by kittana 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has Metaphoric meaning, e.g a situation you find yourself that is hard to get out of "caught in quicksand"
2006-12-24 23:36:16 · answer #3 · answered by marcocollyer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caught in quick-sand might mean that your caught in a bad situation or that something happened really fast.But, it can also be an expression
2006-12-27 09:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by Lil Buddy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Equivalent in Hindi is - daldal me fasna. That is, you are in a situation where the more you try to come out, the more you will be drowned.
2006-12-25 00:05:51 · answer #5 · answered by Titu66 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quicksand Meaning In Hindi
2017-02-20 15:49:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
deep wet sand that u sink into if u fall or walk on it
a difficult situation that is dangerous r difficult to escape from
2006-12-25 01:02:24 · answer #7 · answered by cdbaram_ks 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quick·sand –noun
a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
2006-12-24 22:05:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋