cut the Gordian knot
untie the Gordian knot

Which means it falls to me to cut the Gordian knot.

If that does not work, then we need to be decisive and cut the Gordian knot.

"There are ways to cut the Gordian knot of law.

"It presents an incredible way to cut the Gordian knot."

He never hesitates; to cut the Gordian knot is always his method.

To leave me free to cut the Gordian knot and get us out of this mess."

We have shown leadership and cut the Gordian knot.

And today I have cut the Gordian knot, however difficult it may be."

No one can sensibly expect this process to cut the Gordian knot at a stroke.

"Cutting the Gordian knot" has come to mean resolving a difficult problem with one forceful action.

"Then it came down to whether we could cut the Gordian knot on Jerusalem," a senior administration official said.

I've decided to cut the Gordian knot by getting in touch with the man about whom this whole thing revolves."

But we still have not worked out how to cut the Gordian knot around Kosovo, despite numerous attempts.

We must cut the Gordian knot with regard to the seat of this Parliament once and for all.

"Well, that cuts the Gordian knot all right!"

That would probably be like your precious Alexander when he cut the Gordian knot."

"You can't cut the Gordian knot," he said.

Nationalization advocates want the Administration to deal with our banking problems by cutting the Gordian knot.

A similar attempt to cut the Gordian knot of Chapter 4 also proves to be fallacious.

I've cut the Gordian knot, so to speak."

"Or take Alexander's solution, and cut the Gordian knot.

This cuts the Gordian knot.

After various propositions of compromise had failed, the Commons undertook to cut the Gordian knot.

Diego Rivera, seeing Weston's photography, thought it cut the Gordian knot of art.

Cuts the Gordian knot, eh?

The one who could manage to untie the Gordian knot would become the king of Asia.

If Gorbachev expects to untie the Gordian knot, he has over-estimated his powers.

We wish the High Representative the best of luck in untying the Gordian knot of the politicians' passivity, laissez-faire and laissez-aller, so that peace and stability can finally return and the people's future becomes rosier than it is at present.

See also, e.g., Geoffrey S. Corn & Eric Talbot Jensen, Untying the Gordian Knot: A Proposal for Determining Applicability of the Laws of War to the War on Terror, 81 Temp.