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| Russian | English |
| всё идёт, как по маслу | things are running along as smooth as grease |
| всё как обычно | business as usual (an unchanging state of affairs despite difficulties or disturbances Val_Ships) |
| жить как все | Keeping up with the Joneses (OLGA P.) |
| период, пока всё идёт как по маслу | smooth sailing (Ремедиос_П) |