cooking with gas

Meaning

Phrase

Functioning particularly effectively; achieving something substantial.

Origin

From the suggestion, heavily advertised in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that stoves using natural gas as a fuel cook more effectively than, for instance, wood-burning or electric stoves.

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