Rube Goldberg machine

A Rube Goldberg machine which makes orange juice.

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

Named for Rube Goldberg, an American cartoonist, who drew many such machines.

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