6. It’s in the bag

　　如在囊中，小事一桩

　　When someone is very confident that they will be successful, a person could use this idiom to show how sure they are of success.

　　当某人确信自己会成功的时候，就可以用这个成语来表明自己对此的把握有多大。

　　Don’t worry; I will finish the report in time. It’s in the bag!

　　不要担心，我会完成报告的，小事一桩。

　　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 in 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指衣衫褴褛的穷人或者住在街上的人穿地衣服。然而，rags to riches用来指曾经很穷现在很富有的人的成功。

　　The new movie they are making is about rags to riches story and how the main character overcame all of the problems he faced.

　　他们制作的新电影是一个白手起家的故事，演绎了主角如何克服他所面临的所有问题。

　　8. Bear/ born fruit

　　结果实，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.

　　一棵生长结果的树被认为是成功的，因此，当一件事情进展很好或成功的时候，我们可以说它已经结出了硕果。

　　Once we start advertising the new restaurant, we will see it bear fruit.

　　一旦我们开始为新餐厅做广告，我们就会看到效果。

　　The new business has finally born fruit.

　　新的商业最终奏效了。

　　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.

　　就像一条真正的长长的隧道，当进入里面时，看不到尽头。 然而，当接近终点的时候，可以看到隧道尽头的灯光。这就像说成功不是那么遥远。

　　It took a while for us to get new clients but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

　　我们花了好一段时间才找到新用户，现在柳暗花明了。

　　10. The sky’s the limit

　　潜力不可限量

　　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.

　　当我们做地好的时候，我们周围的人可能会说我们潜力不可限量。 这意味着我们非常成功，几乎没有任何限制来完成我们想做的事情。

　　You paint so well, keep going, the sky’s the limit.

　　你画得非常好，继续努力，潜力无限。

　　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? Let us know with a comment!

　　虽然还有其他与success有关的习语，但我们试图选择最常用的习语。 你知道关于成功的其他短语吗?