- with flying colours (colors)
- With flying colours (colors)If you pass something with flying colours (colors), you pass easily, with a very high mark or grade.
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with flying colours (colors) — If you pass something with flying colours (colors), you pass easily, with a very high mark or grade … The small dictionary of idiomes
with flying colours (colors) — If you pass something with flying colours (colors), you pass easily, with a very high mark or grade. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** To achieve something with flying colours means to do it very successfully. My daughter passed the… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
flying colours — /flaɪɪŋ ˈkʌləz/ (say fluying kuluhz) plural noun 1. flags borne aloft. –phrase 2. with flying colours, with triumphant success: he passed all his exams with flying colours. Also, flying colors. {originally naval, from the colours or flags used to …
flying colours — n. BE AE spelling flying colors = success to come through with flying colours … Combinatory dictionary
Flying Colours — For the album by Australian hip hop group Bliss n Eso, see Flying Colours (album); for the album by Canadian band Trooper, see Flying Colors (Trooper album); for the album by Robert Ellis Orrall, see Flying Colors (Robert Ellis Orrall album).… … Wikipedia
flying colours — noun complete success they passed inspection with flying colors • Syn: ↑flying colors • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑success * * * … Useful english dictionary
Colours, standards and guidons — In the age of line tactics, the unit colour was an important rallying point for the troop. In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards or Guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of… … Wikipedia
flying colors — noun complete success they passed inspection with flying colors • Syn: ↑flying colours • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑success * * * … Useful english dictionary
flying colors — n. AE BE spelling flying colours = success to come through with flying colors … Combinatory dictionary
Flying Tigers — This article concerns the 1st American Volunteer Group, a World War II unit known as “The Flying Tigers.” For follow on units, see the AVG main heading; for other uses of the name, see Flying Tigers (disambiguation). Infobox Military Unit unit… … Wikipedia
