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词组 cut the Gordian knot
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cut the Gordian knot solve or remove a problem in a direct or forceful way, rejecting gentler or more indirect methods.

☞ The knot referred to is that with which Gordius, king of ancient Phrygia (in Asia Minor), fastened the yoke of his wagon to the pole. Its complexity was such that it gave rise to the legend that whoever could undo it would become the ruler of Asia. When Alexander the Great passed that way en route to conquer the East, he is said simply to have severed the knot with his sword.

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