well-oiled | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Well-run;smoothrunning;efficientlyrun.Synonyms:businesslike,efficient;see alsoThesaurus:efficient2020August 27, Kevin Roose, “What if Facebook Is the Real ‘Silent Majority’?”, inNew York Times‎[1]:Pro-Trump political influencers have spent years building awell-oiledmedia machine that swarms around every major news story, creating a torrent of viral commentary that reliably drowns out both the mainstream media and the liberal opposition.; (idiomatic)Drunk.Synonyms:lubricated,lubed,sauced;see alsoThesaurus:drunk2024April 9, “In-flight canoodling: is it ever acceptable to spoon at 40,000ft?”, inThe Guardian‎[2],→ISSN:Well, in 2000, a pair ofwell-oiledstrangers hit the news and were arrested – after groping each other and undressing on a transatlantic flight – but it’s usually less extreme, as with the couple who were intensely snogging in 2020.2024November 13, Paul Bigland, “Much to admire... but pockets of neglect”, inRAIL, number1022, page48:Swinging onto the Treherbert branch under the new OLE, the train's onboard Passenger Information Screens announce we have entered a 'no alcohol' zone. That doesn't seem to help, as some of the passengers who joined us earlier seem 'well oiled'already.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seewell,‎oiled.

Examples:

EN: An easy, well-oiled existence?
ES: ¿Que todo sea fácil, una vida placentera?
EN: I'm afraid Miss Duval doesn't realize how well-oiled I kept my machinery.
ES: La Srta. Duval no sabe lo bien engrasada que tengo mi maquinaria.
EN: Show the girl how well-oiled machinery works!
ES: Que la chica vea cómo funciona la maquinaria bien engrasada.
EN: - Yes, I've been keeping myself well-dressed, well-fed, and well-oiled by grinding out detective stories
ES: - Si, he podido ir vestido y comer, gracias a las novelas policiacas
EN: Houses that work like well-oiled machines, cities that renew themselves, to live as long as Methuselah.
ES: Casas que funcionen como una máquina bien engrasada. Ciudades que se regeneren solas. Vivir tanto como Matusalén.
EN: They're a well-oiled organization, they spit out anything that's holding them up.
ES: Una maquinaria muy precisa. Escupe lo que la obstaculiza.
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: I trust this time the bearings are well-oiled?
ES: Espero que los cojinetes estén bien engrasados.
EN: Maybe this will buy you a bottle of medicine to keep your arm well-oiled.
ES: Quizá con esto pueda comprarse una medicina para el brazo.
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: Yes, the germans are well organized, but without imagination. They're like well-oiled machines. From here, nothing at all.
ES: Sí, los alemanes son tipos organizados, pero sin pizca de imaginación, son como máquinas bien engrasadas, de aquí, nada de nada.
EN: Bit by bit, the operations... helped us hone a well-oiled security service.
ES: Poco a poco, las operaciones... nos servían para montar un servicio de orden muy eficaz.
EN: You guys were like a well-oiled machine.
ES: Erais como una máquina bien engrasada.
EN: The state is a well-oiled nourishing machine, and the union its mechanic, there to spot faults and trouble-shoot, unable even to imagine that the machine could be used for something else.
ES: El estado es una máquina alimenticia y el sindicato su mecánico que no puede imaginar que sirva para algo más.
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.

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