"sac de nœuds" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \sak də nø\ Forms: sacs de nœuds [plural]
  1. Situation embrouillée, confuse, qu’il paraît difficile, voire impossible de tirer au clair.
    Sense id: fr-sac_de_nœuds-fr-noun-NTkmYtva Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (embrouille): can of worms (Anglais), kettle of fish (Anglais), 棘手的問題 (Chinois), 棘手的问题 (jíshǒu de wèntí) (Chinois), zajebano (Croate), bez glave i repa (Croate), gordijski čvor (Croate), bolsa de gatos [feminine] (Espagnol), 状態 (ゴチャゴチャした : gochagocha-shita jōtai) (Japonais), 事態 (困った : komatta jitai) (Japonais), tʼóó chąąʼ (Navajo), клубок проблем (klubók problém) [masculine] (Russe), весёленькая история (vesjólen'kaja istórija) (Russe)

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    "De sac et nœud."
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          "ref": "Jean-Paul Kauffmann, Remonter la Marne, Fayard, 2013, Le Livre de Poche, page 30",
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      "sense": "embrouille",
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    },
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      "sense": "embrouille",
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      "sense": "embrouille",
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    },
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      "roman": "ゴチャゴチャした : gochagocha-shita jōtai",
      "sense": "embrouille",
      "word": "状態"
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      "lang": "Japonais",
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      "roman": "困った : komatta jitai",
      "sense": "embrouille",
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      "sense": "embrouille",
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      "sense": "embrouille",
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      "word": "клубок проблем"
    },
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      "lang": "Russe",
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        "ironique"
      ],
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      "sense": "embrouille",
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