When a person drinks alcohol, the alcohol is absorbed by the stomach, enters the bloodstream, and goes to all the tissues. The effects of alcohol are dependent on a variety of factors, including a personâs size, weight, age and sex, as well as the amount of food and alcohol consumed.
Definition of quagmire for English Language Learners. : 1  an area of soft, wet ground. : 2  a situation that is hard to deal with or get out of : a situation that is full of problems.
Word Origin & History. quagmire 1579, from obsolete quag bog, marsh + mire. Quag is a variant of M.E. quabbe a marsh, bog, from O.E. *cwabba shake, tremble (like something soft and flabby). Extended sense of difficult situation, inextricable position is first recorded 1775. Si kept his gun on those in the quagmire, while Shorty attended to the others as they came back.