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Build on sand
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
To put something in an unstable position by failing to give it a secure foundation.
"Loveless marriages often end in divorce because they are built on sand."
Synonyms
jerrybuild
lash up
ground
pound sand
run up
set up
drop someone in it
churn up
have one foot on a banana peel
be riding for a fall
pound the table
take on water
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