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a Gordian knot (formal)

a difficult problem

Usage notes: In an old story, King Gordius of Phrygia tied a complicated knot which no one could make loose, until Alexander the Great cut it with his sword.

Homelessness in the inner cities has become a real Gordian knot.

See also: knot

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a Gordian knot (redirected from Gordian)

a Gordian knot
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