oil the wheels

Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has been ejected from the financial systems which oil the wheels of global trade.

His ghosting lines and clever distribution help oil the wheels of this more mobile England machine.

But according to Dr Nikita Ved, from the 1928 Institute, their legacy would not only be "to oil the wheels of Indian independence but to lay the foundation stones for contemporary British Asians".

In short, they oil the wheels of communication.

Hammond conspicuously failed to deny Marr’s suggestion that more public money was being offered to the DUP to oil the wheels of the third meaningful vote.