Many phrases about success can be specific to a situation or type of event. In our list below we will try to explain not only what these particular idioms mean but also where and how to use them.
許多success的短語是關(guān)于特定的事件或者情況。在下面的列表中，我們不僅要解釋這些特定的習(xí)語的含義，還要解釋在哪里以及如何使用它們。

1. Dress for success
穿出成功

No hidden meanings here, this idiom means you need to dress in clothes or such a fashion that others believe you to be a success in life. We can use it when going for a job interview or a new work proposal.
這里沒有隱藏含義，這個成語意味著穿著的衣服或者品味使其他人相信你是一個成功的人。我們可以在面試或新工作計劃中使用。

I am going to dress for success and put on my best suit for the interview.
我會為成功而進(jìn)行穿著，穿著我最好的衣服去面試。

2. You have got to be in it to win it!
你必須參與其中才能取得勝利！

Often used for competitions this phrase is what’s called a call to action too. It encourages the listener to join in a competition, or another exclusive event, to have a chance of winning or being successful.
這個詞通常用于比賽，也可以做行動號召。 鼓勵聽眾參加競賽或其他獨家活動，這樣就有機(jī)會取勝或獲得成功。

Sign up now; you’ve got to be in it to win it!
現(xiàn)在就報名，你必須參與其中才能取得勝利！

3. Key to success
成功的秘訣

Just like an actual key opens a door, we can apply this idiom to the thing that is most important to being successful. It has many different uses in both a working environment or in general speech.
像一個真正的鑰匙打開了一扇門，我們可以用這個短語形容對于成功而言最重要的事情。在工作中或者是在普通的談話中，這個短語有許多不同的用法。

The key to success as a salesman is communication.
作為推銷員成功的秘訣是溝通。

4. (be a) howling success
極大的成功，登封造極

While the word howl is typically used to describe a loud continuous noise, a howling success is a colloquial expression. It is most frequently used to describe something in the present or past that was very successful.
Howl通常用來形容巨大的連續(xù)的噪音，而a howling success則是一種通俗的表達(dá)方式。它常用來形容當(dāng)前或者過去非常成功的事物。

Because the first iPhone was a revolutionary product, it became a howling success.
因為第一代iphone是一款革命性的產(chǎn)品，所以它取得了巨大的成功。

5. Hit a home run
取得成功

Hit a home run is an expression that comes from the sport of Baseball. When a player hit a ball out of the reach of the other team, it was considered a home run and one point was awarded.
Hit a home run 是一個源于棒球運動的表達(dá)。當(dāng)一名球員擊中對方球門時就獲得了成功，并且獲得了一分。

This phrase, therefore, has become a standard reference about being successful.
因此，這個短語就可以表達(dá)成功。

You have hit a home run with that last sale!
你在最后的銷售中取得了成功。

6. It’s in the bag
如在囊中，小事一樁

When someone is very confident that they will be successful, a person could use this idiom to show how sure they are of success.
當(dāng)某人確信自己會成功的時候，就可以用這個成語來表明自己對此的把握有多大。

Don’t worry; I will finish the report in time. It’s in the bag!
不要擔(dān)心，我會完成報告的，小事一樁。

7. Rags to riches
白手起家

Rags is a reference to the lousy state of clothing a person who is poor and living on the street may wear. However, rags to riches is used to describe the success of a person who was once very poor and has now become rich or wealthy.
Rags指衣衫襤褸的窮人或者住在街上的人穿地衣服。然而，rags to riches用來指曾經(jīng)很窮現(xiàn)在很富有的人的成功。

The new movie they are making is a rags to riches story and how the main character overcame all of the problems he faced.
他們制作的新電影是一個白手起家的故事，演繹了主角如何克服他所面臨的所有問題。

8. Bear/ born fruit
結(jié)果實，奏效

A tree that grows and produces fruit is considered to be successful, therefore when something works well, correctly or successfully we can say it has born fruit.
一棵生長結(jié)果的樹被認(rèn)為是成功的，因此，當(dāng)一件事情進(jìn)展很好或成功的時候，我們可以說它已經(jīng)結(jié)出了碩果。

Once we start advertising about the new restaurant, we will see it bear fruit.
一旦我們開始為新餐廳做廣告，我們就會看到效果。

9. See the light at the end of the tunnel
柳暗花明

Just like a real, long tunnel, when you go inside you cannot see the end. However, as you get closer to the end, you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s like saying that success is not that far away.
就像一條真正的長長的隧道，當(dāng)進(jìn)入里面時，看不到盡頭。 然而，當(dāng)接近終點的時候，可以看到隧道盡頭的燈光。這就像說成功不是那么遙遠(yuǎn)。

It took a while for us to get new clients but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel now.
我們花了好一段時間才找到新用戶，現(xiàn)在柳暗花明了。

10. The sky’s the limit
潛力不可限量

When we do well at something, others around us may comment, the sky’s the limit. It means we are so successful that there are almost no limitations to accomplishing whatever we want to do.
當(dāng)我們做地好的時候，我們周圍的人可能會說我們潛力不可限量。 這意味著我們非常成功，幾乎沒有任何限制來完成我們想做的事情。

You paint so well, keep going, the sky’s the limit.
你畫得非常好，繼續(xù)努力，潛力無限。

While there are other idioms related to success, we have tried to select the most commonly heard and most frequently used. Do you know any different phrases about success?
雖然還有其他與success有關(guān)的習(xí)語，但我們試圖選擇最常用的習(xí)語。 你知道關(guān)于成功的其他短語嗎？