"with flying colors" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-with flying colors.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} with flying colors, {{en-PP}} with flying colors
  1. (American spelling, idiomatic) Extremely well; in an exceptional, noteworthy, or extraordinary manner. Tags: US, idiomatic Translations ((idiom) extremely well): 成功地 (Chinese Mandarin), 出色地 (Chinese Mandarin), bez ztráty kytičky (Czech), met vlag en wimpel (Dutch), glansrijk (Dutch), liput liehuen (Finnish), mennen tullen (Finnish), haut la main (French), mit Bravour (German), śpiewająco (Polish), на "Ура!" (Russian), airoso (Spanish), на славу (na slavu) (Ukrainian), на ура (na ura) (Ukrainian), відмінно (vidminno) (Ukrainian), на відмінно (na vidminno) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-with_flying_colors-en-prep_phrase-k73-njzp Disambiguation of '(idiom) extremely well': 94 6
  2. With very little or no effort; easily. Synonyms: with flying colours [Commonwealth, Ireland] Related terms: flying colours (english: flying colors)
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Alternative forms

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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
      "word": "成功地"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
      "word": "出色地"
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      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
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      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
      "word": "met vlag en wimpel"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
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      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
      "word": "liput liehuen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
      "word": "mennen tullen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
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      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
      "word": "śpiewająco"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
      "word": "на \"Ура!\""
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      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
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      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
      "word": "на славу"
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      "roman": "na ura",
      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
      "word": "на ура"
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      "roman": "vidminno",
      "sense": "(idiom) extremely well",
      "word": "відмінно"
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