词汇 | in like flynn |
词源 | in like Flynn. Chicago’s “Boss” Flynn’s machine never lost an election and was always “in office,” inspiring the expression in like Flynn, meaning “to have it made.” The popularity of movie actor Errol Flynn and his amorous activities helped popularize the phrase in the early 1940s. |
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