(wealth) 803; success &c 731; thrift, roaring trade; good fortune,
smiles of fortune; blessings, godsend.
luck; good luck, run of luck; sunshine; fair weather, fair wind;
palmy days, bright days, halcyon days; piping times, tide, flood, high
tide.
Saturnia regna [Lat.], Saturnian age; golden time, golden age; bed
of roses, fat city [Coll.]; fat of the land, milk and honey, loaves and
fishes.
made man, lucky dog, enfant gate [Fr.], spoiled child of fortune.
upstart, parvenu, skipjack†, mushroom.
V. prosper, thrive, flourish; be prosperous &c adj.; drive a roaring
trade, do a booming business; go on well, go on smoothly, go on
swimmingly; sail before the wind, swim with the tide; run smooth, run
smoothly, run on all fours.
rise in the world, get on in the world; work one's way, make one's
way; look up; lift one's head, raise one's head, make one's fortune,
feather one's nest, make one's pile.
flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten.
keep oneself afloat; keep one's head above water, hold one's head
above water; land on one's feet, light on one's feet, light on one's
legs, fall on one's legs, fall on one's feet; drop into a good thing;
bear a charmed life; bask in the sunshine; have a good time of it, have
a fine time of it; have a run of luck; have the good fortune &c n.. to;
take a favorable turn; live on the fat of the land, live off the fat of
the land, live in clover.
Adj. prosperous; thriving &c v.; in a fair way, buoyant; well off, well
to do, well to do in the world; set up, at one's ease; rich &c 803; in
good case; in full, in high feather; fortunate, lucky, in luck; born
with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star; on the
sunny side of the hedge.
auspicious, propitious, providential.
palmy, halcyon; agreeable &c 829; couleur de rose [Fr.].
Adv. prosperously &c adj.; swimmingly; as good luck would have it;
beyond all hope.
Phr. one's star in the ascendant, all for the best, one's course runs
smooth.
chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune [Fr.]; donec eris felix multos
numerabis amicos [Lat.] [Ovid]; felicitas multos habet amicos [Lat.];
felix se nescit amari [Lat.] [Lucan]; good luck go with thee [Henry V];
nulli est homini perpetuum bonum [Lat.] [Plautus].