cut the Gordian knot
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Chris Redd, on the other hand, cut the Gordian knot by never going on stage at all, and made his feelings clear on Twitter:
From Slate • Sep. 30, 2018
The impetuous Alexander requires only a few seconds to cut the Gordian knot, but needs much of the movie’s 136 minutes to free himself, if he ever does, from his Oedipal family bonds.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2016
To cut the Gordian knot of the plot, Helena achieves just that.
From Time Magazine Archive
Standing together, Laborites and Liberals could, of course, outvote the Conservatives in the House of Commons, could cut the Gordian knot of India�wisely or unwisely.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Bishop cut the Gordian knot for her by ordering all seculars to be turned out of the dorter.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
