Definition of be in like Flynn

in like Flynn    

adjective

• in a position where some goal is easily attainable. See also in like Huck Finn.
  • See more words with the same meaning: successful.

  Last edited on Jan 02 2003. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 02 2003.

expression

• An easy sexual conquest. From Errol Flynn's reputed success with women.
  
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  Last edited on Dec 02 2010. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Dec 02 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'successful':
get off the ground	Definitions include: to succeed initially.
smash	Definitions include: a successful thing, especially a movie.
big leagues, the	Definitions include: a baseball reference, meaning "that area of (some context-dependent thing) that only successful people can reach."
ball	Definitions include: to be successful.
take off	Definitions include: to leave.
reach critical mass	Definitions include: to reach the point at which an idea or product becomes successful.
bigs, the	Definitions include: shortened form of "the big leagues".
go the distance	Definitions include: to be successful.
boom	Definitions include: to sell.
home run	Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse.
touchdown	Definitions include: a success.
kill	Definitions include: high-grade marijuana.
in like Huck Finn	Definitions include: in a position where some goal is easily attainable.
score a touchdown	Definitions include: see touchdown.

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Other terms relating to 'in':
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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Other terms relating to 'like':
act like (one's) sh*t doesn't stink	Definitions include: to act superior.
act like (one's) sh*t don't stink	Definitions include: See act like (one's) shit doesn't stink.
be like	Definitions include: to say, in reported speech or conversation.
be like flies on sh*t	Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
bleed like a stuck pig	Definitions include: to bleed profusely.
breed like rabbits	Definitions include: to have many children.
built like a brick house	Definitions include: of a woman, to be well-endowed.
built like a brick sh*t-house	Definitions include: large, muscular, and strongly built.
built like a tripod	Definitions include: to have a large penis
DILF	Definitions include: acronym for "dad I'd like to fuck".
DILLIGAS	Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit."
do (one) like that	Definitions include: to treat a person poorly, especially when there are witness(ed).
drink like a fish	Definitions include: to drink alcohol to excess.
drop like flies	Definitions include: to die with others in a large group, usually within a short span of time.
Drop you like a bad habit.	Definitions include: This phrase means to stop something fully and finally.
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