oil the wheels

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoil the wheelsoil the wheelsBritish EnglishHELP to help something to be done in business or politics successfully and easily → oilExamples from the Corpusoil the wheels• Normally Paul would have been circulating with the best of them, oiling the wheels.• Credit was the solvent that oiled the wheels of many other retailers' businesses.• Gossiping, after all, is an important trade that oils the wheels of other people's industry.• A certain level of corruption is tolerated as part of the grease that oils the wheels of the republic.

单词	oil the wheels
释义	oil the wheels From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoil the wheelsoil the wheelsBritish EnglishHELP to help something to be done in business or politics successfully and easily → oilExamples from the Corpusoil the wheels• Normally Paul would have been circulating with the best of them, oiling the wheels.• Credit was the solvent that oiled the wheels of many other retailers' businesses.• Gossiping, after all, is an important trade that oils the wheels of other people's industry.• A certain level of corruption is tolerated as part of the grease that oils the wheels of the republic.
随便看	be bound to do be bound to do something be bound together by be bound up in be bound up in something be bound up with be bound up with something be bounded by be bounded by something be braced for be braced for something be bracketed together be bracketed with be bracketed with somebody/something be breathing down neck be breathing down somebody’s neck be brewing be bricking it be brief be brimming (over) with something be brimming over with be brimming with be brought low be brought to the surface be brought up (as) a Catholic/Muslim etc