Matching Pairs Technology IdiomsOnline version Find out the meaning of these idioms related to technology, inventions and future. by Míriam Tomàs 1 To continue to work well over a long period of time or to remain popular or respected for a long time. 2 If you say that, you mean that it’s obvious. 3 To do something differently, after it has been done in the same way for a long time. 4 To change your ideas or behaviour as the world or the situation changes. 5 Do something again, from the beginning, especially in a needless or inefficient effort. 6 To become realistic; to become alert of what is going on around one. 7 To try to return to the past 8 Rarely, once in a very long time. 9 To explain something to someone in a very complicated way, in order to impress them rather than help them understand. 10 When new ideas or products are tested on someone. Break the mould Stand the test of time Blind someone with science To turn back the clock Come down to earth Be somebody's guinea pig It doesn't take a rocket scientist Once in a blue moon Move with the times Reinvent the wheel