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