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Hi,
I'm French and I'm looking for an english translation of a french
expression ("usine a gaz") which is literally a gaz factory but which
means a working device or machine so complicated that it is highly
probable that it crashes very soon and that it is almost a miracle that
it is still working.
Is there an equivalent phrase in English ?
Thank you.
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