from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious

prepositional phrase

So obvious that it was unnecessary to say.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. AustraliaUKidiomaticinformalSo obvious that it was unnecessary to say.

    Eating while driving is dangerous, says a new report from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.

    2006 August 19, Jonathan Goddard, “Distractions cause accidents ‘Shocker,’”, in Pocket-lint
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    That call I took as we arrived here was to tell me about another meeting with the AC tomorrow. More nit-picking and recommendations from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.

    2004, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Carnage on the Committee, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 134

    WHEN READING REPORTS from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious one may find a statement saying that "China doesn't like Japan very much."

    2005 August 25, Aaron McKenna, “Chinese gaming firm PowerNet Technology to launch anti-Japanese wargame”, in The Inquirer

    Once again, the solution comes from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious, but is worth repeating nonetheless.

    2008 May 4, Tim Weber, “Analysis: Microsoft without Yahoo”, in BBC News
Cite this entry
APA

from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20the%20Department%20of%20the%20Bleeding%20Obvious

MLA

“from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20the%20Department%20of%20the%20Bleeding%20Obvious. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20the%20Department%20of%20the%20Bleeding%20Obvious.

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