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
Electraə-LEKT-rə (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Haydar-Turkish
Tamazi-Georgian
Rivqah-Biblical Hebrew
PansyPAN-zeeEnglish
Benitobe-NEE-toSpanish, Italian