brain surgeon

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Noun

brain surgeon (plural brain surgeons)

Someone who does brain surgery.
(hyperbolic, idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Someone very intelligent and skillful.
Synonyms: rocket scientist, Einstein, genius, (humorous) rocket surgeon; see also Thesaurus:genius, Thesaurus:intelligent person

Antonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot

Usage notes

The second term is mostly used in negative constructions, e.g. "I'm no brain surgeon, but I'm sure spending so much time on the computer can't be good for you."

Derived terms

rocket surgeon

Translations

someone who does brain surgery

Finnish: aivokirurgi (fi)
French: neurochirurgien (fr)
German: Gehirnchirurg (de) m, Gehirnchirurgin f
Icelandic: heilaskurðlæknir m
Russian: нейрохиру́рг (ru) m (nejroxirúrg)

someone very intelligent — see rocket scientist

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