engine room



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engine room

The main source of talent, power, or ability in a team or group, likened to the room that houses a ship's engine. Sarah is our engine room, so with her injured, I'm not sure how we'll be able to win on Saturday.
See also: engine, room

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cai (2)-Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Ani-Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian, Spanish
Siti-Malay, Indonesian
FritziFRI-tseeGerman
Omri-Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
GalİP-Turkish