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Flying Colors Expected Peggy Passed Tests Ease Great

Idiom With Flying Colors
Example As expected, Peggy passed her tests with flying colors.
Meaning with ease and great success; in triumph
Origin Sometimes a naval ship or other vessel will sail into a port with many colorful flags (its "colors") gloriously flying from its masts. What a thrilling sight! That image was extended to describe people who do something marvelous and spectacularly successful.

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