Synonyms for quicksand
ˈkwɪkˌsændquick·sand

Princeton's WordNet

1. quicksandnoun

   a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

2. quicksandnoun

   a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

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1. quicksandnoun

   Synonyms:
   syrtis

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1. Hannah More:

   Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.

2. Art Buchwald:

   I worship the quicksand he walks in.

3. Aaron McQ:

   It's like waking up every morning in quicksand, it's terrifying.

4. Richard Feynman:

   The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government stupidity and until they do (and find the cure) all ideal plans will fall into quicksand.

5. George Sands:

   Vanity is the quicksand of reason.