oil the wheels



oil the wheels

to make it easier for something to happen (usually + of ) An aid programme was established to oil the wheels of economic reform in the region.
See pour oil on troubled waters
See also: oil, wheel

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sawyl-Welsh
HelÉNa-Hungarian
TirzahTIR-zə (English)Biblical
Durai-Tamil
Rozalia-Polish, Romanian
Milda-Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology