well-oiled
Adjective
Meaning
(idiomatic) Efficient; efficiently run.
Synonyms: businesslike; see also Thesaurus:efficient
(idiomatic) Drunk.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk
Alternative names
well oiled
Synonyms
Examples
She kept the Van der Linde gang’s camp a well-oiled machine by making sure every member earned their keep.
Everyone else has been doing pretty well and may not be ready for his return to throw a wrench in their well-oiled machine.
Buko is so in bed with the coconut, it tastes like the heady smell of a well-oiled beach.
But, as was the case in other states, he benefited from a well-oiled psychological-warfare machine.
A well-oiled beard makes for a happy lumbersexual, so put that in your pipe and smoke it.
A well-oiled band machine is about welding the ensemble pieces of image and sound.