brain surgery



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brain surgery

A task requiring extreme intelligence, skill, or competence, usually used in a negative or rhetorical manner to indicate the opposite. Just follow the directions as they're written—it isn't brain surgery.
See also: brain, surgery

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Athey['æθi]
Aylmer['eimə]
Lavernlə-VURNEnglish
Kristinekris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German)Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, English, German
Kleitos-Ancient Greek
AudreyAWD-reeEnglish