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A swampy, soggy area of ground. / (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.

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quagmire

noun

A swampy, soggy area of ground. / (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.

The hiker got stuck in a quagmire while trying to cross the marsh.

意味（1）

A swampy, soggy area of ground.

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

意味（2）

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

The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.