Meanings
- excessiveidiomaticuncountableAnything overly complex, detailed, or confusing.
It's not rocket science. You just need to screw this to that!
3 more examples
It's not rocket science. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.
This isn’t rocket science. Government standards matter. They drive innovation and efficiency.
2007 January 19, Thomas Friedman, “A Warning From the Garden”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCAkers claims that ETCS signalling renewals are roughly 50% of the cost of conventional renewals. If nothing else, this is an important reason for NR to be keen to switch. "There's no rocket science or magic in that, there's just physically less to deliver," he says. "There are no trackside signals. Yes, you have balises and marker boards, and you still have train detection, but by and large there is simply less to deliver.
2024 May 29, Philip Haigh, “The digital revolution and the switch to in-cab signalling”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 29Synonyms: brain surgery, rocket surgery
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAnything overly complex, detailed, or confusing.
Translations
Afrikaans vuurpylwetenskap
- vuurpylwetenskapidiomatic: anything overly complex
Chinese Mandarin 高深的事
- 高深的事 (gāoshēn de shì)idiomatic: anything overly complex
Czech žádná věda
- žádná vědaidiomatic: anything overly complex
Danish raketvidenskab
- raketvidenskabidiomatic: anything overly complex
Dutch hogere wiskunde
- hogere wiskundeidiomatic: anything overly complex
Finnish rakettitiede
- rakettitiedeidiomatic: anything overly complex
German Raketenwissenschaft, Hexenwerk
- Raketenwissenschaftidiomatic: anything overly complex
- Hexenwerkidiomatic: anything overly complex
Hungarian atomfizika, agysebészet
- atomfizikaidiomatic: anything overly complex
- agysebészetidiomatic: anything overly complex
Indonesian susah parah
- susah parahidiomatic: anything overly complex
Polish czarna magia
- czarna magiaidiomatic: anything overly complex
Portuguese bicho de sete cabeças
- bicho de sete cabeçasidiomatic: anything overly complex
Spanish física cuántica, requerir/tener poca ciencia
- física cuánticaidiomatic: anything overly complex
- requerir/tener poca cienciaidiomatic: anything overly complex
- no requerir/tener mucha cienciaidiomatic: anything overly complex
Swedish raketforskning
- raketforskningidiomatic: anything overly complex
Cite this entry
rocket science. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocket%20science
“rocket science.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocket%20science. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rocket science,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocket%20science.
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