like clockwork

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

like clockwork

1. (simile) With perfect regularity and precision; faultless.

   Synonyms: swimmingly, smoothly, without a hitch

   Coordinate term: like atomic clockwork

Translations

with perfect regularity and precision

Finnish: kellontarkasti, täsmälleen (fi) German: wie am Schnürchen (de), wie geschmiert, wie geölt Hebrew: כמו שעון Hungarian: (precisely at the expected time) óraműpontossággal (hu), (like a breeze) mint a karikacsapás Icelandic: eins og í sögu (is), snurðulaust Italian: puntuale come un orologio Polish: jak szwajcarski zegarek Romanian: ca pe roate Russian: как часы́ (kak časý), как по часам (kak po časam), спо́ри́ться (ru) impf (spórítʹsja) Spanish: como la seda, como mecanismo relojero, sin falta, como reloj Swedish: som ett urverk Turkish: saat gibi (tr)

See also

• run like a top
• set one's watch by someone

Anagrams

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