"from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: EN-AU ck1 from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.ogg [Australia], En-au-from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (idiomatic, informal, UK, Australia) So obvious that it was unnecessary to say. Tags: Australia, UK, idiomatic, informal Related terms: Department of Redundancy Department, Captain Obvious

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