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nail the hammer on the head	To solve a problem of any sort; to get the right answer to something; to be on target, spot on.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
hard nut to crack	A problem that is challenging to solve.	Rate it: (2.67 / 3 votes)
yak shaving	Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows you to solve a larger problem.	Rate it: (2.67 / 3 votes)
divide and conquer	A combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.(computing) Applied to various algorithms, such as quicksort, that solve a problem by splitting it recursively into smaller problems until all of the remaining problems are trivial.(as imperative, proverb) In order to rule securely, don't allow alliances of your enemies.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
iron out	To resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
bring up against	To cause someone to have to solve a problem or deal with an issue.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
c'est un enfonceur de portes ouvertes	1. He is a braggart. 2. He takes a deal of trouble to solve a difficulty which does not exist.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
do the trick	To work; to be successful; to solve a problem.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get one's head around	To understand; fathom; solve.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get to the bottom of	To understand, discover the truth about, or solve.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
go at	To try to solve a problem a specific way; to undertake a task.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
kill two birds with one stone	To solve two problems at once.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
riddle me that, Batman	Said to demand that the listener take notice of a question or situation just mentioned, especially one that is particularly difficult to solve or explain.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rob peter to pay paul	To solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sort oneself out	To organize or solve one's personal problems.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tease out	To unravel; to determine; solve.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Tough Nut to Crack	Something that’s not much easier to understand or difficult to do; harder to solve a problem	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trancher la question, la difficulté	To cut the Gordian knot; To solve the difficulty.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)