cooking with gas | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Functioningparticularlyeffectively;achievingsomethingsubstantial.1983,Raymond Carver,'Cathedral'(short story)She said, 'What are you doing? Tell me, I want to know.'The blind man said, 'We're drawing a cathedral. Me and him are working on it. Press hard,' he said to me. 'That's right. That's good,' he said. 'Sure. You got it, bub. I can tell. You didn't think you could. But you can, can't you? You'recooking with gasnow. You know what I'm saying? We're really going to have us something here in a minute. How's the old arm?' he said. 'Put some people in there now. What's a cathedral without people?'With the updated software, I was reallycooking with gas. I got the project done in half the time.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seecook,‎with,‎gas.

Examples:

EN: And at all times, they are really cooking with gas.
ES: Siempre lo hacen realmente bien.
EN: I hoped for once he hadn't done anything noble... that he was really cooking with gas.
ES: Esperaba que por una vez no hubiera hecho algo noble.
EN: I'm cooking with gas
ES: Cocino con gas
ES: Cocino con gas
ES: Cocino con gas
EN: Now you're cooking with gas.
ES: Ahora sí estamos avanzando.
EN: I'm cooking with gas.
ES: Estoy bien.
ES: Estoy cocinando con gas.
EN: "Josephine Baker really cooking with gas in the Terpsichorean department."
ES: "A Josephine Baker (bailarina) le va sobre ruedas en el Terpsichorean".
EN: Now we're cooking with gas.
ES: Así se hacen las cosas.
ES: Ahora estamos cocinando con gas.
ES: ¡Ahora sí vamos bien!
ES: Ahora cocinamos con gas.
ES: Ahora estamos cocinando con gas
EN: So, you guys cooking with gas?
ES: ¿Todo marcha bien?
EN: We're cooking with gas now, Jackson!
ES: Estamos cocinando con gas ahora, Jackson!
EN: Now we're cooking with gas, huh?
ES: Ahora estamos cocinando con gas, huh?
EN: - Now you're cooking with gas!
ES: - Ahora estás cocinando con gas!
EN: Well, now you're cooking with gas.
ES: Bueno, ahora estas cocinado con gas.
EN: - So we're both cooking with gas.
ES: - Así que ambos cocinamos con gas.
EN: Now, that's cooking with gas.
ES: Eso sí es cocinar con gas.
EN: "Now we're cooking with gas." Dwight...
ES: - "Ahora estamos cocinando con gas".

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