Idiom
sweet smell of success
Meaning
The rewarding sense of having succeeded.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He finally enjoyed the sweet smell of success after his hard work.”
“After years of struggling to launch her business, she finally tasted the sweet smell of success when her sales doubled.”
“Having finally secured the promotion he had chased for a decade, he paused to savor the sweet smell of success before starting his new duties.”
Examples
simple
“He finally enjoyed the sweet smell of success after his hard work.”
contextual
“After years of struggling to launch her business, she finally tasted the sweet smell of success when her sales doubled.”
complex
“Having finally secured the promotion he had chased for a decade, he paused to savor the sweet smell of success before starting his new duties.”
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