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in classical mythology, the stables of King Augeas containing 3000 oxen, which had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleaned them as one of his labours.
used metaphorically to describe a situation where a large amount of corruption has to be cleaned away
In a speech on Wednesday evening Davidson called for the Augean stables to be swept clean.
