单词 | to be in like flynn |
释义 | > as lemmasto be in like Flynn to be in like Flynn: to be immediately or emphatically successful, often in a sexual or romantic context. Similarly in early use, your name is Flynn. ΚΠ 1942 San Francisco Examiner 8 Feb. (Sports section) 2/1 Answer these questions correctly and your name is Flynn, meaning you're in, provided you have two left feet and the written consent of your parents. 1946 Amer. Speech Dec. 310/2 In like Flynn, everything is O.K. In other words, the pilot is having no more trouble than Errol Flynn has in his cinematic feats. 1965 P. G. Wodehouse Galahad at Blandings vii. 109 All you have to do is present yourself at the front door and say ‘Yoo-hoo, I'm Whipple’ and you're in like Flynn, as the expression is. 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 134 Russell brightened. ‘Really?’ I'm in, he thought to himself. I'm in like Flynn. ‘You really see it that way?’ He slid his arms around her. 2003 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 50 He wanted to be ‘in like Flynn’, but he didn't want to be ruined for it. < as lemmas |
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