sac de nœuds — meaning in English

English meaning

• imbroglio noun A complicated situation; an entanglement.
• snarl verb To growl and bare the teeth angrily, as an animal does.

Senses

sac de nœuds is used for these senses in English:

• can of worms (idiomatic) A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.
• imbroglio A complicated situation; an entanglement.
• snarl A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.

snarl — full definition

1. verb To growl and bare the teeth angrily, as an animal does.
2. verb To speak in an angry, aggressive tone.
3. verb To tangle something up, or to become congested, as with traffic.
4. noun A tangled knot, or a bad traffic jam.

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