The expression here is 'into the mire'.

这里的短语是“陷入泥潭”。

No, I've been bogged down in the mire of office work.

不，恰恰相反我陷在办公室工作的泥潭中。

We have 'the spectre of something', 'into the mire' and 'tightrope'.

我们有“某事物的幽灵”、“陷入泥潭”和“走钢丝”。

And the mire is an area of muddy, dirty, swampy ground — difficult to move through.

泥潭是一片泥泞、肮脏、沼泽多的土地——很难通过。

'Into the mire' — in a bad, difficult, perhaps scandalous situation.

“陷入泥潭”——处于一种糟糕的、困难的、也许是陷入丑闻的境地。

All persons of refinement have been scared away from me since I sank into the mire of marriage.

自从我掉入婚姻的泥潭，所有高雅的人见了我吓得都躲开了。

The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.

先前被打的那个人这时不小心陷入了一个泥潭里面，差点被淹死了，幸运的是他的朋友把他给救了出来。

So if the global markets are in the mire, it means they're in a bad situation.

因此，如果全球市场陷入泥潭，这意味着它们的境况很糟糕。

So 'don't get stuck in the mire with your English.

所以不要在英语上陷入困境。

Can we talk about people, though, using this expression 'into the mire' or 'mired in something'?

不过，我们可以用“陷入泥潭”或“陷入某种困境”这种说法来谈论人吗？

His mirror shows the mire, and you accuse the mirror!

他的镜子照出泥潭， 你却指责镜子！

He  was miles from anyone and many feet from the edge of the mire.

他离任何人都很远，离泥潭的边缘也只有几英尺远。

Slowly, the Baron  and the horse emerged from the mud and returned safely to edge of the mire.

慢慢地，男爵和马从泥潭中出来，安全地回到泥潭边缘。

Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.

求你搭救我出离淤泥，不叫我陷在其中；求你使我脱离那些恨我的人，使我出离深水。

Mr. Boutwell waited with confidence for society to drag his department out of the mire, as it was sure to do if he waited long enough.

Boutwell 先生满怀信心地等待着社会把他的部门从泥潭中拖出来，如果他等得够久，肯定会成功的。

He would pull himself out of the mire; he would make a man of himself again; he would conquer the evil that had taken possession of him.

他会把自己从泥沼中拉出来；他会再次成为一个真正的男人；他将战胜占据他的邪恶。

When the Baron looked down to  see what was wrong, he saw a badger running in the opposite direction and his horse running off  the trail, straight into the mire.

当男爵低头看看出了什么问题时，他看到一只獾向相反的方向跑来， 他的马从小路上跑了下来，径直进入了泥潭。

Sometimes it reflects the azure of the heavens, sometimes the mire of the pools of mud on the way, and the man who carries this mirror in his knapsack is forsooth to be accused by you of being immoral!

时而映出天空的湛蓝， 时而映出路上泥潭的泥潭， 背负这面镜子的人， 当真被你们指责为不道德！