B2idiomsuccessIELTS-friendly
an overnight success
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a person or thing that suddenly becomes very successful
Often used to point out the hidden years of work behind success: 'ten years to become an overnight success'.
In context
The singer became an overnight success after her video went viral.
People call our app an overnight success, but we worked on it for five years.
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a close calla situation in which you only just avoid danger or failure
- a dream come truesomething you have wanted for a long time that has finally happened
- a feather in your capan achievement that you can be proud of and that may help you later
- a flash in the pana sudden success that does not last or happen again