快刀斩乱麻

dead as a doornail

死气沉沉

Cut the Knot 快刀斩乱麻 | Dead as a Doornail 死气沉沉 | Dead to the Wide 精疲力竭

Let's get back to our topic; to return from one's digression

书归正传

快刀斩乱麻 to cut the Gordian knot; to settle a problem once and for all | 书归正传 Let's get back to our topic; to return from one's digression | 抛砖引玉 to throw a brick to attract a jade stone

became muddled in the bureaucracy

现在淹没在官僚机构的文件堆中

And what was once a fairly easy thing to understand|过去快刀斩乱麻搞定的事情 | became muddled in the bureaucracy|现在淹没在官僚机构的文件堆中 | of what we call being civilized.|这就是我们说的文明

mylonite

[地]糜棱岩

cut the knot 快刀斩乱麻 | mylonite [地]糜棱岩 | temperature selector 温度选择器

twofer

买一送一

1.twofer 买一送一 | 2.cut the Gordian knot 快刀斩乱麻 | 3.round-the-clock 不分昼夜的

cut the ground from under sb.'s feet

使某人失利

cut the grass from under sb.'s feet | 妨碍某人, 挫败某人 | cut the ground from under sb.'s feet | 使某人失利 | cut the knot | 快刀斩乱麻

papaya, papaw：番木瓜tLu中国学习动力网

nutmeg 肉豆蔻tLu中国学习动力网 | papaya, papaw 番木瓜tLu中国学习动力网 | guava 番石榴tLu中国学习动力网

abstractive：有抽象能力的

abstractionist 抽象派艺术家 | abstractive 有抽象能力的 | abstractively 抽象地