Английский Этимологический словарь - quagmire
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~ n C usually singular 1 an area of soft wet muddy ground (In the rainy season the roads become a quagmire.) 2 a difficult or complicated situation (Public housing regulations are a legislative quagmire.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(quagmires) 1. A quagmire is a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from. His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion... N-COUNT: usu sing with supp 2. A quagmire is a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it. Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire. N-COUNT: usu sing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Date: circa 1580 1. soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot 2. a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position ; predicament ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a soft boggy or marshy area that gives way underfoot. 2 a hazardous or awkward situation. Etymology: QUAG + MIRE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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