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Terms for subject American usage, not spelling containing добиться успеха | all forms | in specified order only
| Russian | English |
| быстро добиться успеха | be in like Flynn (Выражение имеет сексуальный подтекст. VLZ_58) |
| добиться ошеломительного успеха | hit it out of the ballpark (LenaTsvet) |
| добиться первого успеха | get to first base (to make the first step in a course or process that one hopes will lead further –usually used in negative statements || comment by Liv Bliss: Context is all: this term is also used to mark progress in sexual relations, in which "first base" means "(deep) mouth-to-mouth kissing" (it's rather juvenile, so I would only expect to hear it used ironically, or in earnest by younger teenagers): Her proposal to change the tax laws never got to first base. marina_aid) |
| добиться первого успеха | get to first base (в чём-либо) |
| добиться первоначального успеха | get to first base (в чём-либо) |
| добиться успеха | cut the mustard |