egg of Columbus

Etymology
Referring to an apocryphal story in which, having been told that discovering the Americas was inevitable and no great accomplishment, challenges his critics to make an egg stand on its tip. When they give up, he does it himself by tapping the egg on the table to flatten its tip.

Noun

 * 1) A brilliant idea or discovery that seems simple after the fact.

Translations

 * Asturian: güevu de Colón
 * Catalan: l'ou de Colom
 * Czech: Kolumbovo vejce
 * Danish: columbusæg, Columbus-æg
 * Dutch: ei van Columbus
 * Esperanto: ovo de Kolumbo
 * Finnish: Kolumbuksen muna
 * French:
 * Galician: ovo de Colón
 * German:
 * Greek: αβγό του Κολόμβου
 * Indonesian: telur Columbus
 * Italian: uovo di Colombo
 * Japanese: コロンブスの卵
 * Korean: 콜럼버스의 달걀
 * Lithuanian: Kolumbo kiaušinis
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: columbi egg
 * Nynorsk: columbi egg
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ovo de Colombo
 * Romanian: uòu de Colomb
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: Kolumbovo vejce, Kolumbusovo vejce
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: колумбове яйце