The whole ceremony went like clockwork.
The Swiss railways run like clockwork.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
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
