sweet smell of success

Noun

Meaning

the sweet smell of success

(idiomatic) The rewarding sense of having succeeded.

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Antonyms

portent prognostic blockade omen death knell prefiguration
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Examples

The goals are not about the sweet smell of success as much as it's about enjoying a damn day on the movie set... I live in a complete state of grace. Peter Weller

Following Trapeze Lancaster worked with Tony Curtis again on Sweet Smell of Success (released in 1957), a co-production between Hill-Hecht-Lancaster and Curtis' own company Curtleigh Productions (co-owned with his wife, Janet Leigh ). Source: Internet

Despite this success, the follow-up single "Sweet Smell of Success" only reached No.65. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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