on the rails

sur les rails, sur la bonne voie

Qui progresse ou fonctionne comme prévu, sans problèmes importants.

En anglais simple : Developing or working as it should, without serious problems.

• The project is back on the rails.
• A new manager put the business back on the rails.
• We need clear goals to keep this plan on the rails.

Synonymes : on track

Contraires : off track

Expressions courantes : back on the rails, keep on the rails

sur les rails

Posé sur les barres métalliques où circulent les trains, ou en contact avec elles.

En anglais simple : Resting on or touching the metal tracks that trains run along.

• There are leaves on the rails.
• Someone had left a bicycle on the rails.
• The train’s wheels stayed on the rails after the impact.

Expressions courantes : wheels on the rails, stones on the rails

en train, par le rail

En voyageant ou en étant transporté par train.

En anglais simple : Travelling or being carried by train.

• We spent the summer travelling on the rails.
• More freight is now moving on the rails.
• After years on the rails, the driver knew every station.

Synonymes : by train, by rail

Expressions courantes : travel on the rails, life on the rails

à la corde

En courant près de la barrière qui longe le bord intérieur de la piste.

En anglais simple : Racing close to the fence along the inside edge of a track.

• The horse stayed on the rails.
• The jockey found space on the rails near the final bend.
• A runner on the rails can save ground around the turn.

Synonymes : on the inside

Expressions courantes : race on the rails, position on the rails