English Dictionary

on the rails

prep_phrase

(idiomatic) In working order, functioning properly. / In a train or on trains. / (horse racing) Racing toward the inside, near the fence that bounds the track.

The project is finally on the rails.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) In working order, functioning properly.

To The wineplace.com and Chris, Marshy and Chris for keeping me on the rails.

意味（2）

In a train or on trains.

For several Saturdays after he'd seen a film about men who lived on the rails, he left home with a Spam sandwich in a paper bag, a compass and a ball of twine (though he wasn't sure why he included the twine).

意味（3）

(horse racing) Racing toward the inside, near the fence that bounds the track.

意味（4）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, rail.

The larger the wheels, the less will any dust, twigs, or inequalities on the rails affect them.