a chicken and egg situation
informalDefinition
› a situation in which it is impossible to say which of two things existed first and which caused the other oneConfusion, confusing and feeling confused
(Definition of a chicken and egg situation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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