Complete success:
— They passed inspection with flying colors.
synonym: flying colours.
Roget 733:
trophy;
medal,
prize,
palm,
award;
laurel,
laurels;
bays,
crown,
chaplet,
wreath,
civic crown;
insignia
etc.
550;
feather in one's cap
etc.
(honor)
873;
decoration
etc.
877;
garland,
triumphal arch,
Victoria Cross,
Iron Cross.
triumph
etc.
(celebration)
883;
flying colors
etc.
(show)
882.
monumentum aere perennius
[Horace].
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Roget 882:
ostentation,
display,
show,
flourish,
parade,
etalage [Fr.],
pomp,
array,
state,
solemnity;
dash,
splash,
splurge,
glitter,
strut,
pomposity;
pretense,
pretensions;
showing off;
fuss.
magnificence,
splendor;
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
grand doings.
coup de theatre;
stage effect,
stage trick;
claptrap;
mise en scene [Fr.];
tour de force;
chic.
demonstration,
flying colors;
tomfoolery;
flourish of trumpets
etc.
(celebration)
883;
pageant,
pageantry;
spectacle,
exhibition,
exposition,
procession;
turn out,
set out;
grand function;
f=ete,
gala,
field day,
review,
march past,
promenade,
insubstantial pageant.
dress;
court dress,
full dress,
evening dress,
ball dress,
fancy dress;
tailoring,
millinery,
man millinery,
frippery,
foppery,
equipage.
ceremony,
ceremonial;
ritual;
form,
formality;
etiquette;
puncto [Lat.],
punctilio,
punctiliousness;
starched stateliness,
stateliness.
mummery,
solemn mockery,
mouth honor.
attitudinarian†;
fop
etc.
854.
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