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Default OT What's the opposite of 'no-brainer'?

Dave Fawthrop wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:07:14 +0000, OxSc wrote:

|Mary Fisher wrote:
| I've just seen a sentence which talked about something being seen as a
| no-brainer when in fact it was complex.
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| In that case, why not just say 'simple' or 'obvious'?
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| Can anyone here explain please?
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| Is it just about the latest fashion-speak?
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| Mary
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|Rocket science.

I have never seen "Rocket science" on its own
"Its not Rocket science" is the common phrase, which indicates something
slightly harder than a no-brainer.

You got the point, but not the humour. Chacun à son goût.