Смысл: alarm clock 
alarm clock [əʹlɑ:mklɒk]
<Í> будильник
what time shall I set the alarm clock for? - на сколько поставить будильник?
<Í> будильник
off the clock Идиома
around the clock
round the clock
turn the clock back
clock
2. to earn:"I clock ducats" -- Public Enemy (??? [??]).
3. to always watch, always have or to always be into something. "clockin' a grip" -- Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg (Ain't nothing but a G-thang [1992])
4. to hit or knock someone out, as in "he clocked him" Probably comes from "he got his clock cleaned"
run like clockwork
Idiom(s): run like clockworkTheme: FUNCTIONING
to run very well; to progress very well.
• I want this office to run like clockwork—with everything on time and everything done right.
• The plans for the party were made and we knew that we could depend on Alice to make sure that everything would run like clockwork.
regular as clockwork
Idiom(s): (as) regular as clockworkTheme: DEPENDABILITY
Dependably regular. (Informal.)
• She comes into this store every day, as regular as clockwork.
• Our tulips come up every year, regular as clockwork.
go like clockwork
Idiom(s): go like clockworkTheme: DEPENDABILITY
to progress with regularity and dependability. (Informal.)
• The building project is progressing nicely. Everything is going like clockwork
• The elaborate pageant was a great success. It went like clockwork from start to finish.
beat the clock
Idiom(s): beat the clockTheme: TIME
to do something before a deadline; to finish before the time is up.
• Sam beat the clock, arriving a few minutes before the doors were locked.
• They were afraid they would be late and hurried in order to beat the clock.
around-the-clock
Idiom(s): (a)round-the-clockTheme: CONTINUOUSLY
constant; day and night. (Adjective.)
• Grandfather required around-the-clock care.
• I tuned into the around-the-clock news station.
against the clock
Idiom(s): against the clockTheme: TIME
in a race with time; in a great hurry to get something done before a particular time.
• Bill set a new track record, running against the clock. He lost the actual race, however.
• In a race against the clock, they rushed the special medicine to the hospital.
off the clock
1. Not currently affianced in one's work; accomplished with one's accustomed alive day or assigned hours. We're all activity down to shoot some basin if you appetite to accompany us already you're off the clock. You apperceive I can't accept any booze until I'm off the clock!2. Of a auto (and by extension, its driver), not currently affianced to backpack a commuter or accepting an alive meter. The auto knew I had a continued drive that would be account his while, so he agreed to delay for me off the clock.Learn more: clock, off
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