Now you're cooking (with gas)!

Now you're cooking (with gas)!
Now you're cooking (with gas)!
Inf. Fig. Now you are doing what you should be doing! •

As Bob came to the end of the piece, the piano teacher said, “Now you're cooking with gas!”

Tom (painting a fence): How am I doing with this painting? Any better? Jane: Now you're cooking. Tom: Want to try it?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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