like a well-oiled machine

like a well-oiled machine

Said of someone or something that functions very well or efficiently. Trudy and I have been working together in the attendance office for so long, we're like a well-oiled machine at this point.
See also: like, machine
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a well-oiled machine
  • oiled
  • lean, mean (something) machine
  • have down to a T
  • have (something) down to a T
  • take attendance
  • have (something) off to a fine art
  • have (something) down to a fine art
  • have something down to a fine art
  • a peg on which to hang something
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A father and son team in Waterloo, Iowa is also setting the standard for agriculturists that want to run a farm like a well-oiled machine. Father and son, Curtis and Blake Hollis, jointly own 4,000 acres on which they produce 28,000 market hogs, 2,000 acres of corn and 1,800 acres of soybeans, but are two separate corporations under the name Lanehaven Farm, Inc.
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Today, thanks to a LAN network computer system with 45 in-house connections, the tracking of 40 rest home, 136 intermediate care, and 312 independent-living residents runs like a well-oiled machine: efficient, organized, cost-effective, and far less stressful.
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