Christina Quynh
2021-03-06 02:03
Purple patch British phrase
If someone is going through a purple patch that means they have a very successful or lucky period, especially in sports.
Our football team hit a purple patch and scored 4-0 to become the champion this year.
After 25 years, he finally hit a purple patch in his business.
Another term for purple passage (a piece of writing which is written in an ornate or complicated style)
Jack’s novel is really a purple passage that I cannot even understand what he wants to express.
To be extremely successful and admired by a range of people.
Nothing but fortunate chance
If a person has the devil's own luck, he or she has extremely good luck.
To narrowly succeed or defeat someone in something
One has the potential for being successful in the future ahead.
The verb "hit" usually goes with the phrase "purple patch". The verb "hit" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The ancient Roman law prohibited people from wearing clothing that was in Tyrian purple because this colour was used for dying the robes of emperors and magistrates. Tyrian purple was a dye extracted from a shellfish called porphyra in Greek and it was really rare and expensive. From the late 16th century, the word “purple” was also used with the meaning of “striking” or “ornate” in phrases such as purple patch or purple prose. Nowadays, it has been widely used to mean a period of success, especially in sports.
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