work like a charm

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be immediately and completely successful

   Worked like a charm when I was a baby, and since then I've had so much practice that I'm terrific.

   Hey, and your idea about throwing the little girl on the ground, that just worked like a charm.

In the movies · 4

• Worked like a charm, didn't it ? Oh, did you lose this ?The Mighty1998
• Powerful illusions, real damage, worked like a charm.Spider-Man: Far From Home2019
• Hey, and your idea about throwing the little girl on the ground, that just worked like a charm.Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019
• You've never faked a headache ? lt doesn't work like a charm ?What Women Want2000
• Worked like a charm when I was a baby, and since then I've had so much practice that I'm terrific.You Can't Take It with You1938

Learn it in full scenes

• You Can't Take It with You1938
  • Kirby Plans the Munitions Monopoly
  • Poppins Becomes a Lily of the Field
  • A Day in the Sycamore House

From the same entry

• third time lucky
• charm out of

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