flying colours

if you are an underachiever like me and if you are blessed, nay cursed with a large group of overachieving friends and relatives, also like me: then perhaps you have heard of the expression 'and she passed the exam with flying colours'. yes, flying colours. expressions like this are abused thoughtlessly by people happily ignorant of the physics and tha grammar of it. the grammar i leave to people who study english litt (not that they care), the physics we can discuss right now. ok, so someone is flying. i can live with that. and that someone is also colourul. sure! but which colours are we talking about? yellow! nay, green! nay, yonder yokel- blue! (i just love using anupras especially when its totally unnecessary!!) now did the above snipets make any sense. say yes, please... thank you! abolutely smashing.. she was flying towards us. this is the point i am trying to make. flying colours will be doppler shifted!!!!!!!