no-brainer

English

Alternative forms

• no brainer, nobrainer

Etymology

From no +‎ brain +‎ -er.

Noun

no-brainer (plural no-brainers)

1. (informal) An easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution, task, etc.; something requiring little or no thought.

   If the newer version performs as well for half the cost, the decision is a no-brainer.

   • 2019 November 20, Graeme Pickering, “Plans breathing new life into Fife”, in Rail, page 49:

     "Babcock [an engineering services company with a facility at Rosyth] has new contracts for new frigates there, so opening up the opportunities for rail running in is a no-brainer."

Translations

an easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution, task (idiomatic)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 明顯／明显 (ming⁴ hin²)[嘅決定]

  Mandarin: 明顯／明显 (zh) (míngxiǎn)[的決定]

• Czech: není žádná věda f
• Finnish: itsestäänselvyys (fi)
• French: évidence (fr) f
• German: einfache Sache f, Selbstläufer (de) m
• Italian: bazzecola (it) f
• Russian: не бино́м Ньюто́на m (ne binóm Nʹjutóna) (not Newton binomial), ежу́ поня́тно (ru) (ježú ponjátno) (clear (even) to a hedgehog)
• Swedish: solklar (sv)

See also

• rocket science
• brain surgery