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1 идти как по маслу
1) General subject: go on wheels, go with a run, go with a swing, go like clockwork, run like clockwork, go off like clockwork2) Jargon: run cool3) Makarov: go on oiled wheels -
2 работать как часы
General subject: run like clockwork -
3 Ч-32
КАК ЧАСЫ работать, действовать coll (как + NP Invar adv more often used with impfv verbs) (to work, run, go) smoothly, with precisionlike clockwork(of a motor, a car etc) sth. purrs like a kitten.Мотор работает как часы. The engine is purring like a kitten. -
4 как часы
• КАК ЧАСЫ работать, действовать coll[ как + NP; Invar; adv; more often used with impfv verbs]=====⇒ (to work, run, go) smoothly, with precision:- [of a motor, a car etc] (sth.) purrs like a kitten.♦ Мотор работает как часы. The engine is purring like a kitten.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как часы
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5 гладко
1. прил. кратк. см. гладкий 2. нареч. (в разн. знач.)smoothlyидти гладко — proceed / run* smoothly
всё прошло гладко — everything went off swimmingly / smoothly, или without a hitch, или like clockwork
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6 гладко
I кратк. прил.см. гладкийII нареч.(в разн. знач.) smoothly [-ð-]гла́дко вы́бритый — clean-shaven
он гла́дко пи́шет — he writes smoothly
идти́ гла́дко — proceed / run smoothly
не всё шло гла́дко — it was not all plain sailing
всё прошло́ гла́дко — everything went off swimmingly / smoothly [without a hitch; like clockwork]
••гла́дко бы́ло на бума́ге погов. — it was all very nice on paper
См. также в других словарях:
run like clockwork — go/run/work like clockwork if an event or a system goes like clockwork, it happens exactly as it was planned, without any problems. The whole ceremony went like clockwork. The Swiss railways run like clockwork … New idioms dictionary
run like clockwork — go/run like ˈclockwork idiom to happen according to plan; to happen without difficulties or problems • The operation went like clockwork. Main entry: ↑clockworkidiom … Useful english dictionary
go like clockwork — go/run/work like clockwork if an event or a system goes like clockwork, it happens exactly as it was planned, without any problems. The whole ceremony went like clockwork. The Swiss railways run like clockwork … New idioms dictionary
work like clockwork — go/run/work like clockwork if an event or a system goes like clockwork, it happens exactly as it was planned, without any problems. The whole ceremony went like clockwork. The Swiss railways run like clockwork … New idioms dictionary
go like clockwork — go/run like ˈclockwork idiom to happen according to plan; to happen without difficulties or problems • The operation went like clockwork. Main entry: ↑clockworkidiom … Useful english dictionary
go\ like\ clockwork — • go like clockwork • go off like clockwork v. phr. informal To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it. The… … Словарь американских идиом
go like clockwork — or[go off like clockwork] {v. phr.}, {informal} To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. * /The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it./ * /The birthday… … Dictionary of American idioms
go like clockwork — or[go off like clockwork] {v. phr.}, {informal} To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. * /The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it./ * /The birthday… … Dictionary of American idioms
go\ off\ like\ clockwork — • go like clockwork • go off like clockwork v. phr. informal To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it. The… … Словарь американских идиом
clockwork — clock|work [ˈklɔk wə:k US ˈkla:k wə:rk] n [U] 1.) BrE clockwork toys, trains, soldiers etc have machinery inside them that makes them move when you turn a key ▪ mechanical toys powered by clockwork ▪ The tape was driven by a clockwork motor. 2.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
clockwork — noun Date: 1628 1. the inner workings of something 2. the machinery (as springs and a train of gears) that run a clock; also a similar mechanism running a mechanical device (as a toy) 3. the precision, regularity, or … New Collegiate Dictionary
