Idiom
rope of sand
Meaning
Something incohesive, flimsy, disconnected or unreliable
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Their plan is a rope of sand.”
“The new business partnership fell apart quickly because their agreement was just a rope of sand.”
“Despite the leader's grand promises of unity, the coalition proved to be a rope of sand that dissolved at the first sign of political pressure.”
Examples
simple
“Their plan is a rope of sand.”
contextual
“The new business partnership fell apart quickly because their agreement was just a rope of sand.”
complex
“Despite the leader's grand promises of unity, the coalition proved to be a rope of sand that dissolved at the first sign of political pressure.”
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