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rocket science
Language:
Meanings:
1.
General English (US, UK, Australia, Canada)
formal
technical
The scientific and engineering discipline concerned with the design, development, and operation of rockets and spacecraft; astronautics.
2.
General English (US, UK, Australia, Canada)
informal
colloquial
Used figuratively to denote something very complex or intellectually demanding.
Commonly used in negation ('it's not rocket science') to mean that something is not difficult to understand or does not require special expertise.
Examples:
EN:
There's rocket science going on in there.
ES:
Esta mujer tiene ideas:
EN:
It's not rocket science. X, D,
ES:
No es nada de otro mundo. ¡X, D,
EN:
It's not rocket science.
ES:
No tiene ninguna ciencia.
ES:
No es complicado.
ES:
No es una ciencia elevada.
EN:
I told you, turn left three times, it's not rocket science!
ES:
Os lo dije, girad tres veces a la izquierda. ¡No es tan complicado!
EN:
It's not rocket science!
ES:
¡No es difícil!
EN:
This isn't rocket science, it's brain surgery!
ES:
Esto no es ciencia espacial, ¡es neurocirugía! Está bien.
EN:
Public, this time? -Lighting a match is not rocket science.
ES:
Encender un fósforo no es ninguna ciencia.
EN:
It's cleaning. It's not rocket science.
ES:
Pues limpiar, no es tan difícil, ¿no?
EN:
Yeah, well it's not rocket science, but what is?
ES:
Sí, bueno no es ciencia de cohetes, pero es lo que hay?
EN:
Your counter-thing isn't rocket science, see what I mean.
ES:
Esos jueguecitos tuyos de palabras tampoco son tan difíciles.
EN:
Are we to conclude that since leaving school... you've not only become an expert in rocket science but in trigonometry?
ES:
¿Desde que dejaste el colegio eres experto en cohetería y en trigonometría?
EN:
This isn't rocket science.
ES:
No es ingeniería aeronáutica.
EN:
Yeah, it's real rocket science.
ES:
Seguro, es verdadera ciencia espacial.
EN:
It ain't rocket science.
ES:
No es ciencia espacial.
EN:
Sheen, it's not rocket science.
ES:
Sheen, no es ciencia de cohetes.
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