on a roll
/ɒn ə ˈrəʊl/INFORMAL · B2
Meaning
having one success after another
Examples
- 1Maya has sold three paintings this week, so she's really on a roll.
- 2The café has been on a roll since that glowing newspaper review.
- 3Ben has passed every exam this term; he's on a roll and wants to keep going.
- 4After three new contracts in a month, the small design firm is on a roll.
- 5You've solved four problems before lunch; you're on a roll, so don't stop now!
Grammar
Usually after be, often with really. The phrase itself does not change.
Similar in meaning
More idioms about success
All 20 idioms and the topic quiz →back to square onehaving to start again because an attempt failedmake or breakto cause either complete success or complete failurebounce backto become successful again after a failuredown the drainwasted, with nothing to show for itagainst all oddsalthough success seemed very unlikelymiss the boatto lose a chance by acting too slowly
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