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All-singing, all-dancing
If something's all-singing, all-dancing, it is the latest version with the most up-to-date features.
Bells and whistles
Bells and whistles are attractive features that things like computer programs have, though often a bit unnecessary.
Cutting edge
Something that is cutting edge is at the forefront of progress in its area.
Don't push my buttons!
This can be said to someone who is starting to annoy you.
Driven by a motor
This is used to describe people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder when they talk excessively: 'they act as if driven by a motor.'
Fire on all cylinders
If something is firing on all cylinders, it is going as well as it could.
Garbage in, garbage out
If a computer system or database is built badly, then the results will be bad.
Get your wires crossed
If people get their wires cross, they misunderstand each other, especially when making arrangements.  ('Get your lines crossed' is also used.)
Hit the airwaves
If someone hits the airwaves, they go on radio and TV to promote something or to tell their side of a story.
Light years ahead
If you are light years ahead of others, you are a long way in front of them in terms of development, success, etc.
On the same wavelength
If people are on the same wavelength, they have the same ideas and opinions about something.
Rocket science
If something is not rocket science, it is not very complicated or difficult to understand. This idiom is normally used in the negative.
Silver surfer
A silver surfer is an elderly person who uses the internet.
Sputnik moment
A Sputnik moment is a point where people realise that they are threatened of challenged and have to redouble their efforts to catch up. It comes from the time when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, the Sputnik 1, and beat the USA into space.
Well-oiled machine
Something that functions very well is a well-oiled machine.

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