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works like a charm 

Function very well, have a good effect or outcome. To be very effective, possibly in a surprising way.
If a plan or method works like a charm, it has exactly the effect that you want.

The modem is easy to install and works like a charm in my computer.
Related Words

That's like hiking without high heels! 

Used when talking about a really bad idea or something that seems very hard to do
"Let's write an Octave function with many for loops"
"Dude! That's like hiking without high heels!"

I'm off like a Jewish foreskin 

"I'm taking off now" or "I am leaving this place"
"Okay kids...I'm off like a Jewish foreskin!"

The "Like" Game 

Originally created by Jason K. The game starts by posting "like" on someone's facebook wall, and then you click "like" on every one of their updates. The point of the game is to harass someone by giving them as many notifications to look through as possible.
"Dude, stop doing The "Like" Game on my profile! I'm getting 9billion notifications!"

Not like other girls 

A phrase girls use to call themselves "cool" and "original" without realizing it makes them the opposite.
Girl One: I'm not like other girls, I listen to Billie Eilish!
Girl Two: Well, I'm not like other girls because I play video games! Basic Bitch!

You don't talk to ma wife like dat

A counter expression of idiocracy and poor grammar by a husband; intended to invoke a type of delusional authority and protection of a probable fat and ugly wife. This phrase is the primary piece of evidence which establishes that someone is:

1)male
2)white
3)weak

4)trashy
5)uneducated
6)A present-day Neanderthal
Person 1: "And I told him, 'You don't talk to ma wife like dat.'"

Person 2: "You're a fuckin' idiot. That's the best line you came up with? Is this 1981 or what? You're such a fuckin' hillbilly."