Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)An aerospace engineer who works with spacecraft.

    an engineer who builds and tests rockets

  2. (excessive, idiomatic, informal)One qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing; a very intelligent person.

    You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that that idea won’t work.

    семи́ пя́дей во лбуsemí pjádej vo lbu

Examples

5 sentences
  1. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure that out.

    ruНе надо быть семи пядей во лбу, чтобы это понять. — marafon

    deMan muss kein Genie zu sein, um das zu kapieren. — brauchinet

  2. Yanni doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to change a light bulb.

  3. Tom is a rocket scientist.

    deTom ist Raketenwissenschaftler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. If I were some kind of rocket scientist, then this algebra would be super-duper easy-peasy.

    deWäre ich Raumfahrtexperte oder so was Ähnliches, dann wäre diese Algebra ein superleichtes Kinderspiel für mich. — al_ex_an_der

  5. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to put A and B together and realize that this is a robbery.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing:

Origin

From rocket + scientist.

From rocket + scientist.

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