The government was no longer the well-oiled machine that the Chairman had worked so hard to maintain.

The team deployed from the van like a well-oiled machine.

Everything seemed to work and run as a well-oiled machine.

The lives and friendship of these young men have always been like a well-oiled machine.

He was always pleased when his ship ran like a well-oiled machine.

It was as if a well-oiled machine sprang into action.

The kitchen was designed to be a well-oiled, and anonymous, machine.

Under the pressure of war, it was a well-oiled machine.

His body moved with the efficiency of a well-oiled machine.

This is not a well-oiled machine like two years ago.