Meanings
- The attainment or achievement of success eliminates or overshadows one's past misdeeds or failures.
Synonyms: winning is a great deodorant
Synonyms & antonyms
proverbThe attainment or achievement of success eliminates or overshadows one's past misdeeds or failures.
Origin
Frequently attributed to Elizabeth Taylor. First use appears c. 1977 in The Good Housekeeping Woman's Almanac.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
success is a great deodorant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/success%20is%20a%20great%20deodorant
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