a very difficult or impossible task or problem:
to cut / untie the Gordian knot (= to solve a problem with forceful action)
ORIGIN From the legend in which King Gordius tied a very complicated knot and said that whoever untied it would become the ruler of Asia. Alexander the Great cut through the knot with his sword.
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