purple patch
Speech parts
1. purple patch - Noun
2. purple patch - Phrase
Meaning
A period of excellent performance where nearly everything seems to go right, contrasting with a lower general level of performance.
The England team hit a purple patch just after half-time, where they scored 3 goals in 10 minutes, but in the end they were lucky to escape with a 3-3 draw.
An ornate or elaborate section of a written work; a patch of purple prose.
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Examples
Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.
Danny Bougoure is about to join the fleet of trainers at the Eagle Farm infield stables, just as his stable has hit a purple patch of form.
Published: April 03, 2016 FC Midtjylland’s Rilwan Hassan,25, has explained the reason behind his recent purple patch in front of goal.
Global markets, too, have been on a purple patch this year and investors are being tempted towards international diversification too.
Back came Albion though with a real purple patch.
Kintyre’s Women’s Rural Institutes (WRI) went through something of a purple patch in the Argyll Federation’s annual show – despite a storm in a baking tin over the size of some cherry cakes.