"come through with flying colors" = "대성공을 거두다"

"come through with flying colors"는

"대성공을 거두다, 훌륭히(잘) 해내다"

라는 뜻을 가진 

이디엄입니다.

 

아래 대화를 통해 그 사용법과

다른 이디엄을 익혀봅시다.

 

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Jack: Were you a dropout?

 

(a dropout: 중퇴자)

 

 

 

Hank: Sort of. I kidded around too much.

When I saw I wasn't getting to first base,

I planned to cut out.

 

(sort of: 다소, 거의, 비슷한)

 

(kid around: 바보같이 굴다)

 

(get to first base: 순조롭게 출발하다)

 

(cut out: 재빨리 갑자기 그만두다)

 

 

 

Jack: Well, you came through with flying colors*

on this test. You didn't miss the boat.

 

(miss the boat: 기회를 놓치다)

 

 

 

Hank: Thanks.

I knew I had to take the bull by the horns. 

 

(take the bull by the horns:

정면으로 맞서다)

 

 

 

Jack: You deserve a pat on the back.

 

(a pat on the back: 칭찬, 격려)

 

 

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*come through with flying colors 

 

= 

 

To win, ahieve, or accomplish

something exceptionally well or

very successfully. Said especially of

a test, examination, or training of

some kind. Primarily heard in US.

 

(어떤 것을 쟁취 / 달성하거나 특출하게 잘 해내다.

특히 테스트, 시험 또는 일부 종류의 훈련에

대한 것이며 이 표현은 주로 미국에서 사용된다)

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(예문)

 

Samantha was rather nervous

taking her final exam, but she

came through with flying colors!

 

(Samantha는 기말고사 칠 때

약간 긴장했지만 잘 해냈다.)

 

<자료: The Free Dictionary>