на ура

• НА УРА{{}}

[PrepP; Invar; adv]

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1. взять, захватить что (крепость, город и т. п.) - (to take, seize sth. - a fortress, town etc) by a swift assault, attack:

- by storm.

2. coll (to venture sth.) without adequate preparation, hoping to be aided by luck, or (to succeed in accomplishing sth.) even though one did not prepare adequately, aided by luck:

- on luck alone.

     ♦ "Ты что, надеешься сдать экзамен на ура?" - спросила мать, видя, что Сергей даже не притронулся к учебникам. "What, do you expect to pass your exam on luck alone?" asked Sergei's mother, seeing that he hadn't even touched his books.

3. прошёл, приняли кого-что и т.п. на ура coll sth. went excellently, s.o. or sth. was received with enthusiasm:

- (s.o. (sth.) was) a hit (a smash, a smash hit);

- (s.o. (sth.) was) a tremendous (smashing, great etc) success;

- (sth.) went off tremendously (wonderfully etc);

- (s.o. (sth.) was received) enthusiastically;

- (s.o. (sth.) was received) with hurrahs;

- [in limited contexts](pass an exam <a test etc>) with flying colors.

     ♦ ...Читка прошла "на ура", и по дороге домой Маяковский был в прекрасном настроении... (Катаев 3). ...The reading was a tremendous success and on the way home Mayakovsky was jubilant... (3a).

     ♦ С того письма, нет, уже с "Августа" начинается процесс раскола моих читателей, потери сторонников, и со мной остаётся меньше, чем уходит. "На ура" принимали меня пока я был, по видимости, только против сталинских злоупотреблений... (Солженицын 2). It is not from this letter, but earlier, from the appearance of August 1914, that we must date the schism among my readers, the steady loss of supporters, with more leaving me than remained behind. I was received with "hurrahs" as long as I appeared to be against Stalinist abuses only... (2a).

     ♦ Так или иначе, а Ирина Викторовна прошла в НИИ-9 "на ура"... (Залыгин 1). All in all Irina Viktorovna passed the test with flying colours... (1a)