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.
如革命时期常发生的那样，如果达不成协议，那么，不管多么不愿意，他也得采取快刀斩乱麻的手段，因为国家的行政是不能中断的。
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.
他引进了一个完全崭新的观点支撑起了瑞奇流方法——其与黎曼几何中”塌陷“的中心问题有着密切的联系。这使得解决整个问题变得如同快刀斩乱麻一样简单。
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.
幸福的感觉还能用什么言语表达，我不知道，我只期待这一刻永远不要停止。

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