oiling the works (verb) break the ice: prepare the way
Sinonime: Bourbon, Tory, bitter ender, dyed-in-the-wool, extremist,
fanatic, fogy, fundamentalist, intransigent, mossback, old liner, praetorian, pullback, reactionary, right, right-winger, rightist, standpat, standpatter, stick-in-the-mud, true blue, ultraconservative,
zealot