IELTS Speaking – Tổng hợp Idioms chủ đề: Science and Technology

19 CHỦ ĐỀ IDIOMS THÔNG DỤNG CHO IELTS SPEAKING GIÚP BẠN TĂNG BAND ĐIỂM

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IDIOMS	MEANING	EXAMPLE
A cog in the machine	small, does not bring much value in large organizations and companies (nhỏ bé, không mang nhiều giá trị trong tổ chức, công ty lớn)	He felt like he was *a cog in the machine*, so he quit his job and decided to do something different.
A flash in the pan	popular for a very brief time (nổi tiếng trong thời gian ngắn)	Nintendo’s app Miitomo was just *a flash in the pan*. No one uses it anymore.
A well-oiled machine	works very well or effectively (hoạt động rất tốt hoặc hiệu quả)	Sam and I have been working together in the office for so long, we’re like *a well-oiled machine* at this point.
Back to the drawing board	start over (làm lại từ đầu)	The new dictionary app does not work at all. Guess they’ll have to go *back to the drawing board* on that one.
Not rocket science	not difficult, easy to implement, easy to understand (không khó khăn, dễ thực hiện, dễ hiểu)	Have you solved that math problem? It’s *not rocket science*, you know.
Light-years ahead	very advanced in its development (rất tiến bộ, đi trước thời đại)	This new technology puts the company light-years ahead* of its competitors.*
The nuts and bolts (of something)	the basic, practical, and factual details of something (chi tiết đơn giản)	The documentary focuses on the real nuts and bolts of* the invention and production process.*
The brainchild of somebody	someone’s brainchild, including an original plan, invention, or idea or intellectual product (đứa con tinh thần của ai đó, bao gồm kế hoạch, phát minh, hoặc ý tưởng nguyên gốc hay sản phẩm trí tuệ)	The project was the brainchild of* one of the students.*
To reinvent the wheel	to waste time doing things that others have already done (tốn thời gian làm những việc mà người khác đã giải quyết xong)	Don’t bother *reinventing the wheel* with that issue. The other team has already solved the problem.
Museum piece	something that is very old-fashioned and should no longer be used (một cái gì đó lỗi thời và không còn được sử dụng)	Our television is a museum piece, but it still works.
Up and running	If something, especially a system or a machine, is up and running, it is operating (đang hoạt động, sẵn sàng để sử dụng)	The engineer soon got the air-conditioning up and running* again.*
Open the door to something	to allow something new to start (mở đường cho cái gì)	Technology opens the door* for entrepreneurs to achieve the triple bottom line.*
Take a long, hard look at something	to examine something very closely and thoroughly (kiểm tra kĩ lưỡng)	After the data breach, the company is going to have to take a long, hard look at* its security measures.*
The ins and outs	the detailed or complicated facts of something (tất cả những chi tiết to, nhỏ của cái gì đó)	I know how to use computers, but I don’t really understand the ins and outs* of how they work.*
Be jam-packed with something	very full of something (được lấp đầy bởi điều gì)	It was the most cutting-edge Apple iPhone available at the time, jam-packed with* useful extras like games and productivity apps*.
Pull the plug	to stop something in its tracks, to stop it immediately (đình chỉ, ngưng làm cái gì đó)	If the viewing figures drop much more, the TV network will probably pull the plug* on the whole series.*
Get your wires crossed	to misunderstand somebody; to become confused (hiểu nhầm, nhầm lẫn)	We got our wires crossed* and had to change all materials to make this machine.*
At the cutting edge	at the most modern stage of development in a particular type of work or activity (vượt xa khỏi những cái khác trong một lãnh vực nào đó, chẳng hạn như khoa học, kỹ thuật)	This is a company at the cutting edge* of mobile communications technology.*
Blind someone with science	to confuse someone by using difficult or technical words to describe something (làm ai bối rối bằng những từ ngữ khó hiểu hoặc từ chuyên ngành)	As a teenage, amateur photographer, I learned all the technical jargon so I could impress people by blinding them with science.
Have/Get something down to a science	to be able to do something or understand something very well (có thể làm cái gì rất tốt hoặc hiểu cái gì đó rất kĩ)	I got* my routine down to a science so there wouldn’t be any room for error during the performance.*
Run out of steam	lose momentum, decrease in popularity (giảm độ phổ biến)	To be honest, I think Facebook has run out of steam. Instagram is way more popular these days.
Dead as a dodo	out of fashion or out of date (lỗi thời, lạc hậu)	The floppy disk is an invention that is now *dead as a dodo*.