Rube Goldberg machine

English right|thumb|A Rube Goldberg machine which makes orange juice. Etymology en American cartoonist Rube Goldberg =, who drew many such machines in his comics. Noun en US Canada A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task. en Heath Robinson<alt:Heath Robinson contraption><qq:UK, Commonwealth> en by extension Anything that is overly complicated. en August 27, 2017 Brandon Nowalk Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies) The Onion AV Club http://www.avclub.com/game-of-thrones-slows-for-the-longest-and-best-episod-1798483815 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260905110726/https://www.avclub.com/game-of-thrones-slows-for-the-longest-and-best-episod-1798483815 5 September 2026 Translations comically overcomplicated machine Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 魯布·戈德堡機械 Dutch: nl Rube Goldbergmachine French: fr usine à gaz German: de Rube-Goldberg-Maschine Hungarian: hu Rube Goldberg-gép Japanese: ルーブ・ゴールドバーグ・マシン; ピタゴラスイッチ (pitagora suicchi); ピタゴラ装置 (pitagora sōchi) Spanish: es Máquina de Rube Goldberg Swedish: sv Rube Goldberg-maskin Turkish: Rube Goldberg makinesi; Zihni Sinir Proceleri