cooking with gas

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Определение cooking with gas в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

Functioning particularly effectively; achieving something substantial

With the updated software, I was really cooking with gas. I got the project done in half the time.

Расстановка переносов

cook·ing with gas

Турецкое произношение

kûkîng wîdh gäs

Произношение

/ˈko͝okəɴɢ wəᴛʜ ˈgas/ /ˈkʊkɪŋ wɪð ˈɡæs/

Этимология

() From the suggestion, heavily advertised in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that stoves using natural gas as a fuel cook more effectively than, for instance, wood-burning or electric stoves.