flying colours
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Ms Yadav cleared the selection process with flying colours, and got her first job on a goods train in 1989.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025
Itauma burst on to the scene with a 23-second knockout in his 2023 debut and has passed every test with flying colours.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025
Hayes added that this match "tested England maybe more so than any other game since the Euros and they have come through that with flying colours".
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023
Suffolk Coroner's Court in Ipswich heard Miss Pepper had passed her theory exams on the EasyJet programme in Oxford with "flying colours" and had gone to Belgium for her instrument ratings.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2022
The patent gas had been put to one of the severest tests--an actual fire in mid-air--and had emerged with flying colours.
From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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