К273
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fixed WO 1. a very dirty or cluttered place: Augean stables.
2. extreme disorder, a neglected state of affairs: Augean stables
gigantic (hopeless, dire) mess.
From the name of Augeas, legendary king of Elis, whose stables (which sheltered 3000 oxen) had not been cleaned for thirty years. Cleaning the Augean stables was one of the twelve labors of Hercules.
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