have arrived
have arrived
To have become particularly successful, powerful, or famous. I knew I had arrived when that uber-famous designer asked me to walk in her show. After showing promise for so many years, that director has truly arrived with his latest film, a box-office smash.
See also: arrive, have
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
have arrived
to have reached a position of power, authority, or prominence. Jane saw her picture on the cover of the magazine and felt that she had finally arrived. When I got an office with a window, I knew that I had arrived.
See also: arrive, have
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- anyone who is anybody
- (one's) moment in the sun
- overnight success
- bathe in reflected glory
- bathe/bask in reflected glory
- bask in reflected glory
- bathe
- pulling power
- Tinseltown
- not set the world on fire