как на заказ

• КАК ПО ЗАКАЗУ; КАК НА ЗАКАЗ

[как + PrepP; these forms only]

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1. [subj-compl with быть, стоять etc (subj: usu. погода, утро, день etc)]

⇒ beautiful, remarkable:

- X как по заказу{{}}≈ it's as if X were made to order;

- X could have been made to order;

- X couldn't be better (more perfect);

- you couldn't ask for better <for (a) better X>.

     ♦ Вечер был как по заказу. Днем, после полудня, хлестнул дружный ливень - с луга домой прибежали насквозь мокрые, - а потом опять солнце, опять тепло... (Абрамов 1). The evening could have been made to order. In the afternoon, there was a sudden, welcome downpour - people came running home from the fields soaked through - and then it was sunny and warm again... (I a).

     ♦ Кузьма сидел и вспоминал сентябрь сорок седьмого года. Поспели хлеба... Погода стояла как на заказ - ни одной тучки (Распутин 1). As Kuzma sat there he recalled what had happened in September 1947. The corn was ripe...The weather could not have been more perfect for harvesting. Not a cloud in the sky (1a).

2. [adv]

⇒ excellently, flawlessly, precisely as desired:

- perfectly;

- swimmingly;

- (sth.) couldn't have gone (been, come out etc) better;

- without a hitch.

     ♦ Нина очень волновалась перед интервью, но все прошло как по заказу. Nina was really nervous before her interview, but everything went swimmingly.