from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious
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from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious
- (idiomatic, informal, Britain, Australia) So obvious that it was unnecessary to say.
- 2004, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Carnage on the Committee, HarperCollins, →ISBN, pg. 134:
- That call I took as we arrived here was to tell me about another meeting with the AC tomorrow. More nit-picking and recommendations from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.
- 2005, Aaron McKenna, "Chinese gaming firm PowerNet Technology to launch anti-Japanese wargame," The Inquirer, 25 August 2005, :
- WHEN READING REPORTS from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious one may find a statement saying that "China doesn't like Japan very much."
- 2006, Jonathan Goddard, "Distractions cause accidents ‘Shocker,’" Pocket-lint, 19 August 2006, :
- Eating while driving is dangerous, says a new report from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.
- 2008, Tim Weber, "Analysis: Microsoft without Yahoo," BBC News, May 4, 2008, :
- Once again, the solution comes from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious, but is worth repeating nonetheless.
- 2004, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Carnage on the Committee, HarperCollins, →ISBN, pg. 134: