flying colors

plural noun

Idioms about flying colors

with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success:He passed the test with flying colors.

First recorded in 1600–10

But happily, by following these simple guidelines, you are sure to get through with flying colors.
Your Super Bowl Etiquette Guide From Food to Clothes to What Not to Say | Kelly Williams Brown | February 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
And now you put your cavalier sense of entitlement to the test, passing with flying colors.
Horoscopes: The Week of April 3 | Starsky + Cox | April 3, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Nomi passes the test with flying colors at first, but upon closer scrutiny, she stumbles.
Burlesque v. Showgirls: The Face-Off | Nicole LaPorte | November 23, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Forty years ago people passed the test of the Santa Barbara oil spill with flying colors.
A Disaster's Silver Lining | Bill McKibben | April 30, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
There's some vile plot laid against Howard, but if he doesn't come clean out of it with flying colors, call me a simpleton.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | Various

John admitted that he could carry off the affair with flying colors.
The Opened Shutters | Clara Louise Burnham
His father had expected to see him go through college and graduate with flying colors.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. Standish
Lundie will be eternally grateful to the man who shall help this little enterprise to come off with flying colors.
The Pathfinder | James Fenimore Cooper
This is a fine mess, but well soon be out of it with flying colors.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country | Janet Aldridge

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