quagmire

1. A swampy, soggy area of ground.

   That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers’ boots

   Sumpf, Morast, Morastboden

   боло́тоbolóto, топьtopʹ, тряси́наtrjasína

   трясови́наtrjasovýna, боло́тоbolóto

2. (figuratively)A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.

   The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.

   Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union.

   Zwickmühle

   тряси́наtrjasína, боло́тоbolóto

   закови́каzakovýka

1. The trodden ground became a quagmire...

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2. The enclave has become a quagmire.

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3. The war quickly turned into a quagmire.

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4. The rain turned the road into a quagmire.

   deDer Regen verwandelte die Straße in einen Morast.

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5. Everyone in their own quagmire.

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