oil the wheels
Example Sentences
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She’s given you this money to oil the wheels of your own ingenuity, and you’ve begun doing just that.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025
Ministers from its 164 member nations will meet in Buenos Aires this weekend as the guardian of global commerce seeks to oil the wheels of international trade.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2017
At diplomatic events in particular, she is there to provide a warm welcome, to oil the wheels of conversation and support her husband, all the while keeping her opinions to herself.
From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2017
Even animal welfare is sensitive in a proposed accord where both sides would recognize each others standards to oil the wheels of commerce.
From Scientific American • Mar. 12, 2014
A good common room and an unlimited supply of tea will do much to oil the wheels of hospital life.
From A Surgeon in Belgium by Souttar, Henry Sessions
