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Gordian knot
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Of course, if we can mix our classical references, Russia has its Sword of Damocles to cut this Gordian knot.
When recovered by the divers, this mass of steel wire was a Gordian knot of utter confusion.
In Eastern Seas | J. J. SmithHe believed that abject slavery awaited the colonists unless the Gordian knot of allegiance was cut at one bold stroke.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution | L. Carroll Judson
Hemestertius supposes the Gordian knot to have been nothing but a variety of the himantiliginos.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 | Mary Frances CusackSo many things have conspired to make this Irish question a Gordian-knot which no man can untie, and but few would dare to cut.
About Ireland | E. Lynn Linton“Tommy” cut the Gordian knot himself by following us down to the boat like a dog and leaping aboard.
Down the Columbia | Lewis R. Freeman
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