Vivir en esa casa es como arenas movedizas. | Living in that house is like living in quicksand. |
Las fundaciones de arena son movedizas e inestables. | Foundations of sand are shifty and unstable. |
El propio Presidente percibe que puede estar adentrándose en arenas movedizas. | The President himself perceives he may be walking onto quick sands. |
Y se refiere a las arenas movedizas del desierto como similarmente imprevisibles. | And he refers to the shifting sands of the desert as similarly unpredictable. |
Su sabiduría y su vida descansan sobre las arenas movedizas del entendimiento teórico. | His wisdom and his life rest upon the shifting sands of theoretical understanding. |
Era como si estuviera nadando por arenas movedizas. | It was like I was swimming in muddy waters. |
Lo encontré en unas arenas movedizas anoche. | I found it in a sand trap last night. |
Las corporaciones respaldadas por el gobierno son arenas movedizas legales. | Government-backed corporations are like legal quicksand. |
Apreciaría que no le contaras a nadie acerca de mis manos movedizas. | I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anybody about my busy hands. |
Solía decir que todos tendremos que caminar sobre arenas movedizas. | He used to say we are all going to be walking on moving sands. |
