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
Esperanzaes-pe-RAHN-thah (Spanish), es-pe-RAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Gwalchmei-Welsh Mythology
HinrichHIN-rikhLow German
Alkeides-Greek Mythology
RagnarRAHNG-nahr (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Hasim-Arabic