Like clockwork

[Tdol]

You can check your answer here: https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/like+clockwork.html

 

[Anna Xpomoba]

In the Russian we have absolutely the same expression ;-)

 

[Tdol]

Interesting- I'll remember that. ;-)

 

[Qasem]

I attained that word...
it is really good idiom and i'll keep it in my mind forever.

Thanks for getting this..

 

[Anna Xpomoba]

Interesting- I'll remember that. ;-)

 

[Tdol]

I like it when other languages have the same idioms or sayings. ;-)

 

[Anna Xpomoba]

Me too ;-)

 

[Johnny]

Can I say

Here goes Jack, he is one of the most excellent employees in this company, he is working like a clockwork?

Just for practice!!

 

[Tdol]

I'd say 'he works like clockwork' as it's a habit not just now. ;-)

 

[emergine]

In the Russian we have absolutely the same expression ;-)

In Russia we have the same expression ;-)

 

[BobK]

I like it when other languages have the same idioms or sayings. ;-)

:up: I like it too when words in different languages depend on the same image, like Italian cavalletto (tripod) and English 'clothes-horse'.

There's also the expression '[as] regular as clockwork': "He catches the 7.45 every morning, regular as clockwork".

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[seba_870701]

In the Russian we have absolutely the same expression ;-)

In Polish as well..

 

[synide]

ha
i'm xperienc'g it

 

[Huda-M]

It should have been - like atomic clock - its probably the best clock i've heard of-

 

[osvaldo423]

It`s always on right time

 

[nitikasnv]

Meaning

Hi,

clockwork :A mechanism of geared wheels driven by a wound spring, as in a mechanical clock.

And now the meaning of like clockwork:With machinelike regularity and precision.


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[RoseSpring]

We have the same one in Arabic. Very interesting indeed!

 

[thenerd12]

Interesting idiom!

 

[JarekSteliga]

Interesting- I'll remember that. ;-)

So do we in Poland!

 

[JarekSteliga]

:up: I like it too when words in different languages depend on the same image, like Italian cavalletto (tripod) and English 'clothes-horse'.

There's also the expression '[as] regular as clockwork': "He catches the 7.45 every morning, regular as clockwork".

b

I have one remarkable example of this happening between English and Polish.

A crane (a bird) = żuraw
A crane (a machine for lifting heavy objects) = żuraw
Craneberry (I suppose a kind of berry cranes more than other birds are fond of) = żurawina