rocket scientist

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rocket scientist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rocket scientist \Rock"et sci"en*tist\, n.
     a very intelligent person; -- used mostly in the phrases:
     "you don't have to be a rocket scientist to . . ." and "it
     doesn't take a rocket scientist to . . .", meaning that the
     subject that follows is easy to understand.
     [PJC]

rocket scientist - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rocket scientist
      n 1: a clever thinker; "you do not have to be a rocket scientist
           to figure that out"
      2: an engineer who builds and tests rockets [syn: rocket   engineer
         , rocket scientist]