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ropes of sand

ropes of sand is the plural of rope of sand.

Meaning of rope of sand

Noun

rope of sand (plural ropes of sand)

  1. (idiomatic) Something incohesive, flimsy, disconnected or unreliable
    • If any flaw can be detected in this reasoning, its author will be the first to admit that these Institutes are, from beginning to end, a mere rope of sand; but if no flaw can be detected in it, he begs to crave for them the acknowledgment that they are a chain of adamant.1875, James Frederick Ferrier, The Institutes of Metaphysic, Section 2 Proposition 5

Questions about ropes of sand

What is ropes of sand the plural of?
Ropes of sand is the plural of rope of sand.

Words near ropes of sand in the dictionary

  1. ropes course
  2. ropes courses
  3. Ropes Crossing
  4. ropes in
  5. ropes into
  6. ropes of sand
  7. ropes off
  8. ropes out
  9. ropes up
  10. ropesman
  11. ropesmen

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