from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious

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from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious

  1. (idiomatic, informal, UK, Australia) So obvious that it was unnecessary to say.
    • 2004, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Carnage on the Committee, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 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 August 25, Aaron McKenna, “Chinese gaming firm PowerNet Technology to launch anti-Japanese wargame”, in The Inquirer:
      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 August 19, Jonathan Goddard, “Distractions cause accidents ‘Shocker,’”, in Pocket-lint:
      Eating while driving is dangerous, says a new report from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.
    • 2008 May 4, Tim Weber, “Analysis: Microsoft without Yahoo”, in BBC News:
      Once again, the solution comes from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious, but is worth repeating nonetheless.

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