rocket surgery
n.— «One legislator, mixing metaphors in referring to a simple concept, called it “rocket surgery.”» —“Legislative Lingo” by Jim Sullinger in Topeka, Kan. Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Kan.-Mo.) July 3, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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