Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The science or study of rockets and their design.

  2. (excessive, idiomatic, uncountable)Anything overly complex, detailed, or confusing.

    It's not rocket science. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.

    It's not rocket science. You just need to screw this to that!

    Raketenwissenschaft, Hexenwerk

Examples

11 sentences
  1. It isn't rocket science.

    ruЭто вам не бином Ньютона.

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  2. It isn't exactly rocket science.

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  3. It's not rocket science.

    ruЭто не ракетостроение.

    deDas kann man sich an den fünf Fingern abzählen.

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  4. This isn't rocket science.

    Це нескладно.

    ruЭто вам не бином Ньютона.

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  5. It's not exactly rocket science.

    deDas ist nicht gerade ein Hexenwerk.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
idiomatic: anything overly complex:
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