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
Joanne[dʒəu'æn]
Alboin-Ancient Germanic
Gianpaolojahn-POW-loItalian
AlbinAHL-been (Polish) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, French, English, Slovene
Meinwen-Welsh
Ludvigs-Latvian