in the flush of

Idioms  

1. Also,. During a sudden rush of a strong positive feeling regarding something, as in In the first flush of victory he decided to take all his friends to dinner. This expression employs flush in the sense of “a bout of emotion or passion.” [c. 1600]

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in the flush of

It’s relatively easy to have a glorious garden in the flush of spring and early summer.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2023

When we're fully in the flush of a new, deep romance we tend to find little wrong with our lover.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2021

There is concern that the vaccine has received disproportionate attention in the flush of warming relations between the two countries.

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2016

His proposal — for what he called, in the flush of victory, a "magic carpet" for L.A. — flew off and was never seen again, except in the pages of a few architectural history books.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2016

But yesterday in the flush of strength and beauty; to-night the winds from tropic seas stir the grass above their graves, the southern stars look down upon the place of their rest.

From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)