🗓️ Idiom: Be on a Collision Course (ph)
💬 Meaning
- Two people or groups are moving toward a serious disagreement or conflict.
- Their goals or actions will almost certainly lead to a fight, argument, or big problem.
🧠 Example Sentences
- The sales team and finance team are on a collision course over next year’s budget.
- The CEO and the board are on a collision course because they want very different strategies.
- If the two departments do not communicate soon, they will be on a collision course.
🏛️ Origin
The phrase comes from travel and transport. When two objects are moving toward each other, they may crash if they stay on the same path. Today we also use it to describe people or groups who are heading toward conflict because their actions or goals cannot work together.
1. Fill in the blank:
The project manager and the finance director are __________ because they want different budgets.
Answer
on a collision course
2. Choose the correct answer:
If two teams are “on a collision course,” they are:
a) Working well together
b) Moving toward a conflict
c) Finished with the discussion
Answer
b) Moving toward a conflict
3. Change the sentence using “on a collision course”:
“The two managers will argue soon if they continue like this.”
Answer
The two managers are on a collision course.
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