be onto a good thing

I always knew we were onto a good thing down here in Texas.

The plots were essentially the same; like any successful entrepreneur, Alger knew when he was onto a good thing.

I knew I was onto a good thing since she was there the afternoon before and was obviously alone, like me.

It is usually staffed by Macintosh enthusiasts who think that they are onto a good thing and often appear to enjoy a remarkably short life span.

Judging by a letter Lieutenant Meador wrote his parents, he was pretty sure he was onto a good thing.

I knew I was onto a good thing in my quest for the 30-minute meal when Jacques Pépin turned up on the scene.

After his initial misgivings about the venture, Mr. Glover now says Mr. Turner might be onto a good thing.

The first Rihannsu saw the herds of wild hlai staggering and croaking their way across the southern veldts like a mass migration of sozzled giant ostriches, and they knew they were onto a good thing.

Byrne was not a particularly big man, standing only 5 feet 9 inches and weighing 13 stone, but Deaf Burke was even smaller at 5 feet 8 inches, and 12 stone 7 lbs, so the Irishman felt he was onto a good thing.