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flying high

1. Fig. very successful in one's ambitions; in an important or powerful position. (Often with the implication that this is not the usual situation or will change.) The government is flying high just now, but wait until the budget is announced. He's flying high these days, but he comes from a very poor family.

2. Fig. in a state of euphoria. (From good news, success, or drugs.) Wow! Todd is really flying high. Did he discover a gold mine? Sally is flying high. What's she on?

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The snipe flying high above instantly folded its wings and fell into a thicket, bending down the delicate shoots. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context In their presence he could not persist in flying high with the wings of war; they rendered it almost impossible for him to see him- self in a heroic light. The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context The following morning, the kite was still flying high, no bird was to be seen as far as the eye could reach from Castra Regis. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context			fly at fly away fly blind fly by fly by the seat of pants fly from fly in the face of fly in the ointment fly into fly into a rage fly into the face of danger fly off fly off the handle fly off with fly out fly out of fly over fly past fly the coop fly the flag fly the nest fly to fly up to fly-by-night flying flying high foam foam at the mouth foam up foaming at the mouth fob fob off fob off on focus focus on fog fog over fog up foggiest foggy foist foist off foist on fold fold away fold back fold hands fold into fold over fold up fold, spindle, or mutilate			flying fox flying fox flying fox flying fox lyssavirus disease Flying Foxes Flying Foxes Flying Foxes flying frog Flying Frog Scale Models Club flying frogs flying gallery flying gallery Flying game Flying game flying gecko Flying Geese Paradigm flying gurnard flying gurnard Flying gurnard (species) Flying gurnard (species) Flying gurnards Flying gurnards flying gutter Flying Hamsters of Doom Flying Hands Music Library flying head flying head flying height Flying Helicopter Simulator Flying Heritage Collection flying high flying horse flying horse Flying Horse Cracking Force Flying Hour Program flying hour rate Flying Hours flying in the face flying in the face flying in the face flying in the face Flying Inflatable Boat Flying Infrared Signatures Technology Aircraft Flying Innovative Low-Observable Unmanned Research Flying Insect Killer Flying Insects and Robots flying into a rage flying into a rage flying into a rage flying into a rage flying into a temper flying into a temper flying into a temper flying into a temper Flying Islands of Jasonia Flying J Enterprise Solutions LLC Flying J Insurance Services flying jib flying jib Flying Kites Flying Kites

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