build on sand
Language: en
Globalneutralliteral
- To erect a structure on sandy ground, thereby creating an unstable or insecure physical foundation.
Globalfigurativeformal
- To base an argument, plan, belief, or enterprise on weak, unreliable, or unsound premises that are likely to lead to failure.
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