on (someone's) coat-tails
в результате чьей-либо поддержки
Пример использования идиомы on (someone's) coat-tails:
The man was elected to the city council on his co-workers' coat-tails.
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Другие идиомы:
- air one's dirty linen in public
- at the drop of a hat
- bet one's boots
- birthday suit
- buckle down to (do something)
- burn a hole in one's pocket
- burst at the seams
- catch (someone) with their pants down
- come into fashion
- decked out in (something)
- die with one's boots on
- dressed to kill
- dressed to the nines/teeth
- dress up
- fill (someone's) shoes