If someone is doing an extremely good job and is very successful, you might say he or she is batting one thousand.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

He was not as successful as Andrew Carnegie with steel or John D.Rockefeller with oil.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

The political analyst believes Cairo would be better off to focus on issues close to home, whether successful or not.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Smith says it is not known whether or not Hariri's second attempt will be more successful.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

If they can organize as well in Yemen or Somalia or someplace else, then why fight in Afghanistan where no one has been successful for millennia?" U.S.public-opinion surveys show declining support for the war in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23