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magstar | 20:00 Sun 18th Jan 2009 | Phrases & Sayings
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where does the phrase "a bit of a heath robinson" come from
it means a bit rough and ready
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It is named after this man, he had some real wacky ideas, some were so funny

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ robinson_william_heath.shtml
it's often not rough and ready, more the opposite: insanely complex ways of doing simple things. Americans call them Rube Goldberg devices: he was an American cartoonist who specialised in the same sort of thing.

Heath Robinson was also a superb illustrator of books, fairy stories and suchlike last century; he had two brothers who did the same thing. Here's a not very clear example:
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustratio ns/littlemermaid/images/whrobinmermaid1.jpg

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