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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kellontarkasti — with perfect regularity and precision
• Finnish: täsmälleen — with perfect regularity and precision
• German: wie am Schnürchen — with perfect regularity and precision
• German: wie geschmiert — with perfect regularity and precision
• German: wie geölt — with perfect regularity and precision
• Hebrew: כמו שעון — with perfect regularity and precision
• Hungarian: óraműpontossággal — with perfect regularity and precision
• Hungarian: mint a karikacsapás — with perfect regularity and precision
• Icelandic: eins og í sögu — with perfect regularity and precision
• Icelandic: snurðulaust — with perfect regularity and precision
• Italian: puntuale come un orologio — with perfect regularity and precision
• Polish: jak szwajcarski zegarek — with perfect regularity and precision
• Romanian: ca pe roate — with perfect regularity and precision
• Russian: как часы́ (kak časý) — with perfect regularity and precision
• Russian: как по часам (kak po časam) — with perfect regularity and precision
• Russian: спо́ри́ться (spórítʹsja) — with perfect regularity and precision
• Spanish: como mecanismo relojero — with perfect regularity and precision
• Spanish: sin falta — with perfect regularity and precision
• Spanish: como reloj — with perfect regularity and precision
• Swedish: som ett urverk — with perfect regularity and precision
• Turkish: saat gibi — with perfect regularity and precision