I think this is my favorite idiom in the movie The Longest Day: "Das liegt zu sehr auf der Hand" (literally, "That lies too much on the hand"). It's spoken by German General Erich Marcks in this scene from the film:
This German idiom means that something is obvious, evident, or completely clear. Equivalent phrases in English would include:
"It goes without saying."
"It's very plain to see."
"It's staring you right in the face."
"That's way too obvious."
The basic idea is that what you are saying requires no further explanation. You see, the Allies had tricked the Germans into expecting the main invasion of France at the Pas de Calais through a deception campaign called Operation Fortitude.
General Erich Marcks was one of the few German commanders who saw right through the ruse. He persistently urged that Normandy was the most logical choice for the Allied landing. His superiors dismissed or downplayed his warnings. As a result, German troops in Normandy were severely under-resourced. The Allies often used deception as a core strategic weapon to mislead the Axis powers. These operations saved countless lives by forcing Germany to waste resources defending the wrong places.
Applied to the world in which I live, I think debates among New Testament scholars frequently devolve into peripheral squabbles. We waste our resources defending the wrong places, if you will. Rigid tribalism over modern English translations is a case in point, given that all translations represent standard linguistic tradeoffs. Other issues, however, become "a hill to die on." Biblical inerrancy is one such hill in my opinion. Inerrancy is the bedrock of biblical authority. A God who is himself truth speaks only truth. To stray from Scripture is therefore disloyalty to our Master. I therefore fully affirm the inerrancy of the Bible and proudly say it is God's divinely inspired word. We shouldn't even have to be defending this doctrine. It's truthfulness "liegt zu sehr auf der Hand."
Frankly, I am amazed that this doctrine has now become controversial among evangelicals. But if it requires defending again, defend it we must.