The researchers call this predicament " decision quicksand . "

研究者们称这个困境为“决策流沙”。

Try and step on them and your foot will start sinking like in a quicksand .

如果你尝试地去踩上它，那么你的脚会开始下沉，好像踏进了流沙。

They eddy about my legs in a quicksand of sticky hands and pink cheeks .

他们黏乎乎的小手和粉嫩的脸颊像流沙般磨擦过我的大腿。

The boom that was built on the quicksand of inflation then comes to a sudden end .

建筑在通货膨胀的流沙之上的繁荣便戛然而止了。

But for the democratic candidates in particular , a proper debate on nclb is to be avoided like political quicksand .

尤其是民主党候选人，象绕开政治“流沙坑”一样回避认真讨论nclb法。