fly high
Achieve great success
Fly high means to experience success, elation, or ambition at an elevated level.
Someone flying high after a promotion feels triumphant and confident: She's been flying high since landing the deal.
The phrase can also describe being intoxicated or euphoric from drugs.
It suggests a state that may be temporary—what flies high can come down.
- soarAscend to heights
- ascendMove upward
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- wingsLimbs for flight
- skyVisible overhead expanse
spread your wings · clear skies · altitude · clouds · on cloud nine · eagle · kite · dream · living the dream · ambition · reach for the stars · success · euphoria · elation · intoxicated · stoned · buzzed · trip
- flightflight, aviation, aircraft, airplane, airplanes
- memorialsmemorial, memorial service, memorial statue, memorials, war memorial
fly highstay grounded
Maintain mental equilibrium
sink · hit the ground · plummet · fall · crash
fly highcrash and burn
Fail completely and visibly
hit rock bottom · fall from grace · flounder · struggle · bottom out
fly, high, flies, flying, flyer, flier, higher, highest, highly