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
Carr[ka:]
Brady['breidi:]
MiracleMIR-ə-kəlEnglish (Modern)
Zaid-Arabic
Lawandalə-WAHN-dəAfrican American
Theofilus-Dutch (Rare)