Technology idioms

They hoped that the tax cuts would __________ the wheels of the economy.

• lock

• reinvent

• grease

• pull

Have you ever seen Jack and his girlfriend argue? He knows exactly which ____________________ to make her crazy.

• waves to surf

• wheels to grease

• fuses to blow

• buttons to push

After years of failed experiments, the company ___________ the plug on their brain chip idea.

• blew

• pulled

• hit

• put

You should be able to assemble it and have it working in 20 minutes. It’s not ___________________.

• rocket technology

• big science

• rocket science

• higher maths

Bobby is an incredible chess player. I wish I knew ___________________.

• what makes him tick

• what powers his hours

• what wavelength he's on

• what his bells and whistles are

I decided to set up my own business because I was tired of just being a ____________________ in a machine.

• wheel

• button

• cog

• steam

Video games companies are always on the _______________ edge in terms of the graphics.

• sharp

• cutting

• last

• steep

What makes the problem worse is that the project leader and the board of managers are not_______________________ about how to deal with it.

• on the same wheel

• two chips on the same motherboard

• blowing the fuse

• on the same wavelength

Tesla manufacturers announced that they have just released a luxury Cyberquad. A vehicle for kids with all ___________________ .

• the buttons to push

• the same wavelenghts

• the bells and whistles

• nuts and bolts

Somehow we ____________________ because I'd written the 23rd in my diary and Jen had the 16th.

• hit the panic button

• got our wires crossed

• run out of steam

• greased the wheels