cut the Gordian knot

基本解释

If agreement failed, as it often does in revolutionary times, then, however, reluctantly, he would cut the Gordian knot, for the nation's government must be carried on.
如革命時期常發生的那樣，如果達不成協議，那麽，不琯多麽不願意，他也得採取快刀斬亂麻的手段，因爲國家的行政是不能中斷的。
He introduced an entirely new idea which cut the Gordian knot that had held up the Ricci-flow approach – -bearing on the central question of "collapsing" in Riemannian geometry.
他引進了一個完全嶄新的觀點支撐起了瑞奇流方法——其與黎曼幾何中”塌陷“的中心問題有著密切的聯系。這使得解決整個問題變得如同快刀斬亂麻一樣簡單。
If you decide to leave a person, action should be a little faster, cut the Gordian knot; If you decide to love a person, lengthen the time that the look is right for you.
幸福的感覺還能用什麽言語表達，我不知道，我衹期待這一刻永遠不要停止。

Either you or your employer will cut the Gordian knot soon, and it sounds like an unpleasant ending.
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