Complete success:
— They passed inspection with flying colors.

synoniem: flying colours.

Roget 733: trophy; medal, prize, palm, award; laurel, laurels; bays, crown, chaplet, wreath, civic crown; insignia etc. 550; feather in one's cap etc. (honor) 873; decoration etc. 877; garland, triumphal arch, Victoria Cross, Iron Cross.    triumph etc. (celebration) 883; flying colors etc. (show) 882.    monumentum aere perennius [Horace]. ... meer laten zien

Roget 882: ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage [Fr.], pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity; pretense, pretensions; showing off; fuss.    magnificence, splendor; coup d'oeil [Fr.]; grand doings.    coup de theatre; stage effect, stage trick; claptrap; mise en scene [Fr.]; tour de force; chic.    demonstration, flying colors; tomfoolery; flourish of trumpets etc. (celebration) 883; pageant, pageantry; spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession; turn out, set out; grand function; f=ete, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant.    dress; court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress; tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage.    ceremony, ceremonial; ritual; form, formality; etiquette; puncto [Lat.], punctilio, punctiliousness; starched stateliness, stateliness.    mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor.    attitudinarian^†; fop etc. 854.    ... meer laten zien