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

   Thanks to the volunteers, the event ran like clockwork.

Translations

with perfect regularity and precision — see also smoothly

• 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 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

• clockworklike