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coming out in flying colors
 
Welcome to the forums, ablinsag.:-D

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To answer your question, the idiom is not 'in...' but 'with flying colo(u)rs'.


With flying colours (colors)If you pass something with flying colours (colors), you pass easily, with a very high mark or grade.
(From our own list of idioms)

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The phrase comes from sea battles. The national flags carried by warships were [and still are] called their "colours", and these were attached to a high mast, from where the colours were said to "fly". When a ship surrendered in battle, it lowered its colours, so a victorious ship would come away from the battle with its colours still flying.
 
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