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Difference between Like a clock and Like one o’clock

admin Confusing Phrases

like a clock—(also: like clockwork) in an orderly way; with regularity and precision:

  • He manages my whole farm like a clock.

like one o’clock—(coll.) vigorously; eagerly:

  • “Toads are valuable animals,” answers Jane. “They eat the snails like one o’clock.”