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Gordian knot

Gor·di·an knot [ gàwrdee ən nòt ] (plural Gor·di·an knots)


noun 
Definition:
 
complicated problem: a problem for which it is very difficult to find a solution

[Late 16th century. < the knot of Gordius, king of Gordium, which was to be loosened only by the future ruler of Asia: Alexander the Great sliced through it]
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