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Joy Ho
2020-07-31 06:07
The sweet smell of success British American noun phrase informal
He still enjoys the sweet smell of success after his first championship victory.
My uncle knows what the sweet smell of success is. He has a big house, two luxurious cars and a successful career.
I have ever got the sweet smell of success but unfortunately that smell vanished overnight.
Something easy or pleasant to do, especially by comparison to something
someone will be successful.
A go-getter is a determined and ambitious person who works very hard to become successful without being afraid of difficulties and challenges.
One has the potential for being successful in the future ahead.
This idiom is a noun phrase which performs the same grammatical function as a noun. It can act as subjects, objects, and prepositional objects in the sentence.
Unknown origin
Do you see anything wrong?
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
