well-oiled machine

Meaning: (idiomatic,figurative)Something thatoperatescapablythrough theeffectivecoordinationof manyparts.run like awell-oiled machineOur office runs like awell-oiled machine.Our office is awell-oiled machine.2008, Zane,Succulent: Chocolate Flava II, page 2:Trevor was the firm's facilities manager and it was his job to make sure that their office ran like awell-oiled machineand that the partners, attorneys, and staff were comfortable.2007, Jeanine Basinger,The Star Machine, page13:A movie studio in the so-called golden era was awell-oiled machinewith everything needed to make movies right in place on the studio lot.2004, Carolyn Orange,44 Smart Strategies for Avoiding Classroom Mistakes, page16:Contrary to this dismal picture is the popular concept of the classroom that runs like awell-oiled machine, smoothly, flawlessly, functioning at full capacity, producing maximum output.1850,The Knickerbocker; or,New-York monthly magazine, "Editor's Table", p. 573:The writer is never enthusiastic and rarely Imaginative. His lines flow with the smoothness of awell-oiled machine.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seewell-oiled,‎machine.

Examples:

EN: Are we going to do this because we're spoiled and used to a comfortable, well-oiled machine?
ES: ¿ Haremos esto porque estamos consentidos y acostumbrados a un sistema cómodo que funciona bien?
EN: "Dr. Pierce and I performed like a well-oiled machine under very difficult circumstances.
ES: "Él yyo funcionamos como una máquina aceitada... bajo circunstancias difíciles.
EN: You guys were like a well-oiled machine.
ES: Erais como una máquina bien engrasada.
EN: It would be occupied at least 80% of the time, and helping to pay some of $30,000 you are losing here every year, to a well-oiled machine, of thievery, pilferage and absenteeism.
ES: Estaría ocupada un 80%%% de Ios días. Eso ayudaría a pagar Ios 30.000$ que pierde cada año debido a una maquinaria bien engrasada de ladrones, pillos y vagos.
EN: And if a staff member refuses to go along with well-oiled machine he's fired.
ES: Y si alguien se niega a entrar en su juego, Io despiden.
EN: I'm running a tight, well-oiled machine over in my lab, and every insignificant little cog counts.
ES: Mi laboratorio es como una máquina bien engrasada y cada detalle insignificante cuenta.
EN: Each one success belongs to all because we're the kind of well-oiled machine.
ES: El éxito de cada uno pertenece a todos porque somos un equipo, que funciona como una máquina bien engrasada.
EN: For Shenaniganz to run like an efficient, well-oiled machine, it's a must that everyone act as a team.
ES: Para que Shenaniganz funcione como una máquina bien aceitada, todos debemos actuar como miembros de un equipo.
EN: You know, Isaac Newton... he thought that the universe functioned like clockwork. Like a well-oiled machine.
ES: Isaac Newton pensó que el mundo funcionaba como un mecanismo de relojería, como una máquina engrasada.
EN: Please, Ginny, this is a well-oiled machine.
ES: Es un buen engranaje.
EN: This place is a well-oiled machine, my friend.
ES: Este lugar es una máquina bien lubricada, amigo.
EN: You know, after eight years, Tool Time was like a well-oiled machine.
ES: Ya sabes, después de ocho años, Tool Time era como una máquina bien engrasada.
EN: We need to work together like a well-oiled machine.
ES: Debemos trabajar en equipo, como una máquina bien engrasada.
EN: Because I'm going to run this country like a well-oiled machine.
ES: ¡Qué tantán!
EN: The human body is like any well-oiled machine.
ES: El cuerpo humano es como cualquier máquina bien engrasada.

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