crayon analysis
a quick, crude and usually quantitative evaluation done to assess the magnitude of a situation, decision, etc.; calls to mind the hasty scribblings of a toddler and suggests that the result should be regarded with similar reverence; like several other expressions it aims to deflect onerous scrutiny through the use of childish metaphor; implies less sophisticated analysis than the related back of the envelope
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