Смысл: clockwork

clockwork[ʹklɒkwɜ:k]
n
<Í> часовой механизм
clockwork toys - заводные игрушки
everything went like clockwork - всё шло гладко /как по маслу/

(as) regular as clockwork Идиома

run like clockwork

Idiom(s): run like clockwork

Theme: FUNCTIONING

to run very well; to progress very well.
• I want this office to run like clockwork—with everything on time and everything done right.
• The plans for the party were made and we knew that we could depend on Alice to make sure that everything would run like clockwork.

regular as clockwork

Idiom(s): (as) regular as clockwork

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

Dependably regular. (Informal.)
• She comes into this store every day, as regular as clockwork.
• Our tulips come up every year, regular as clockwork.

go like clockwork

Idiom(s): go like clockwork

Theme: DEPENDABILITY

to progress with regularity and dependability. (Informal.)
• The building project is progressing nicely. Everything is going like clockwork
• The elaborate pageant was a great success. It went like clockwork from start to finish.

Like clockwork

If something happens like clockwork, it happens at very regular times or intervals.

go off like clockwork|clockwork|go|go like clockwo

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 party went off like clockwork and everyone had a good time.

clockwork

clockwork
like clockwork
very regularly, precisely, and evenly

(as) approved as clockwork

1. Occurring at consistent, anticipated intervals or credibility in time. One affair I admired about active in Germany was that the trains were consistently approved as clockwork. Every black at 8 PM, as approved as clockwork, my dad sits in his armchair and reads the bi-weekly for absolutely 45 minutes.2. slang To accept reliable, advantageous bowel movements. I've been as approved as clockwork every back I started bistro a convalescent antithesis of protein, fiber, and carbohydrates. Drinking all of this clip abstract keeps me approved as clockwork!Learn more: clockwork, regular

*regular as clockwork

Cliché actual regular; absolutely predictable. (*Also: as ~.) George goes down to the bus stop at 7:45 every morning, as approved as clockwork. You can consistently depend on Nancy to accuse about the appointment for fifteen account every afternoon, approved as clockwork.Learn more: clockwork, regular

(as) approved as ˈclockwork

actual regularly; accident at the aforementioned time in the aforementioned way; reliable: She arrives at assignment on her bike at 8.45 every day, as approved as clockwork.Learn more: clockwork, regular

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