be going great guns
be going great guns
To do something enthusiastically and successfully. He was hesitant at first, but now that he's been on the job for a month, he's going great guns.
See also: going, great, gun
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be going great guns
INFORMALIf someone or something is going great guns, they are doing something very well and succeeding. I was going great guns for the first 18 miles or so of the race. Business is going great guns.
See also: going, great, gun
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- if (one) is a day
- if he is a day
- if he's, she's, etc. a day
- rattle off
- be whistling in the dark
- sticktoitiveness
- be a moot point
- be a moot point/question
- moot
- be a moot question