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The expression as I heard included "an irresistible force."
Yeah, irresistible force is the version I know. Now I'm wondering if there are even more versions. Are they regional deviations?
While not what you're asking for, but fun fact, in Asia, this sort of paradox is represented by the story of the all-piercing spear and the unpierceable shield in Chinese philosophy. So in Chinese and Japanese, the word for 'paradox' or 'contradiction' literally means 'spear-shield' (矛盾).