Heath Robinson

(British)

if a machine or system is Heath Robinson, it is very complicated in a way that is funny, but not practical or effective

Usage notes: Heath Robinson was an English artist who drew strange, complicated machines that could do simple jobs.

My granny's got this great Heath Robinson device for slicing eggs.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Satu	SAH-too	Finnish
Cairo	KIE-ro	English (Rare)
AnastÁZie	-	Czech
Adam	A-dəm (English), a-DAWN (French), AH-dahm (German, Polish), AH:-dahm (Dutch), ah-DAHM (Russian, Ukrainian)	English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainia
Sobeslav	-	Medieval Slavic
Cristal	KRIS-təl	English