Chinese home run
- noun
- Informal
:
gran éxito
- Their new advertising campaign was a Chinese home run, far surpassing last year's results.
Examples
-
Winning the championship was a Chinese home run for the team.
-
She scored a Chinese home run with her brilliant business strategy.
-
No one expected his first book to be such a Chinese home run in the market.
-
The project was a complete Chinese home run!
-
Her latest art exhibit was a Chinese home run, attracting thousands of visitors and rave reviews.
-
The innovative product launch turned out to be a Chinese home run, breaking all sales records.
-
His unexpected victory in the tournament was a Chinese home run for the underdog team.
Synonyms
20
2.5
A very successful result that achieves its goal
3
8.3
A baseball hit that goes over the fence to score
Antonyms
223
1.7
A feeling of sadness or being let down when something you wanted does not happen
How Successful
16
4.4
242
3.9
- Informal
262
3.3
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The core sense comes from 'home run' as a metaphor for a big success, so a learner who recognises 'home' + 'run' in that figurative sense could infer a meaning related to an impressive achievement. However, the contribution of 'Chinese' is not predictable from its literal meaning and the exact nuance or reason for the modifier is opaque without exposure, so the expression is only partially compositional.
Etymology
Chinese home run comes from an old baseball saying: one popular story says a home run that looked surprisingly easy or lucky was called 'Chinese' to show surprise. That image of a sudden, big score explains why the phrase now means 'an impressively successful or unexpected achievement'.