Rube Goldberg machine

Definitions

1. A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task.
   US
2. Anything that is overly complicated.
   broadly

Equivalents

Examples

“To be overly cynical myself, that is still the macro view⟳. Littlefinger’s execution and the white walkers passing through the rubble of the Wall are just two observations that this enormous Rube Goldberg machine is running on time.”

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