'Technology' idioms C2 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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to push all the right buttons

to successfully cause a reaction or emotion in someone

to put a spanner in the works

to do something that prevents a plan or activity from succeeding

a well-oiled machine

something that works easily and effectively

'it's not rocket science'

used to say you do not think something is very difficult

to be on the same wavelength

to think in a similar way to someone else

to hammer something home

to make sure that something is understood by explaining it clearly and forcefully

to be light years ahead

to be much more advanced than others

to shoot your bolt

to use up all your money or energy, waste your only chance to do something

to run out of steam

to lose the energy or interest to continue doing something

to fire on all cylinders

to operate as powerfully and effectively as possible

to turn the screw

to make a bad situation worse

to have a short fuse

to get angry very esily

the final nail in the coffin

an event that causes the failure of something that had already started to fail

to get your wires crossed

to have a different understanding of the same situation

to be at the cutting edge

be at the most modern stage of development in a particular type of work or activity