With flying colours 出色地
A plane drops water to put out a huge fire. Photo: Nick Ut / AP Photo
今日小常識(shí)
The origin of the phrase 'with flying colours' relates to ships' flags. A long time ago, ships coming into port flew coloured flags, to show people how successful their voyage had been.
短語(yǔ) with flying colours 的起源和掛在船上的旗幟有關(guān)。很久以前，進(jìn)港的船只會(huì)掛出五顏六色的旗幟以展示其成功的航行。
今日短語(yǔ)
我們用短語(yǔ) with flying colours 來(lái)形容某人輕松出色地完成某事，像測(cè)驗(yàn)或考試。
例句
She passed her exams with flying colours!
With all that practice, John will pass his driving test with flying colours.
請(qǐng)注意
短語(yǔ) get off to a flying start 的意思是取得好的開(kāi)端，贏得了開(kāi)門紅。
Our trip got off to a flying start: the roads were empty, and we got to our destination early.
