to ride on sb's coattails

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• ride on one's coattails — {v. phr.} To succeed in a certain endeavor by attaching oneself to the greater weight of another person or corporate body. * / We will never get our Ph.D. program approved on our own, said the head of the modern dance department, but we might… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• ride on one's coattails — {v. phr.} To succeed in a certain endeavor by attaching oneself to the greater weight of another person or corporate body. * / We will never get our Ph.D. program approved on our own, said the head of the modern dance department, but we might… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• ride\ on\ one's\ coattails — v. phr. To succeed in a certain endeavor by attaching oneself to the greater weight of another person or corporate body. We will never get our Ph.D. program approved on our own, said the head of the modern dance department, but we might succeed… …   Словарь американских идиом

• ride someone's coattails — ride (someone s) coattails to use your connection with someone successful to achieve success yourself. I don t think she would get promoted without riding her boss s coattails. My opponent is riding the coattails of the popular governor of… …   New idioms dictionary

• ride coattails — ride (someone s) coattails to use your connection with someone successful to achieve success yourself. I don t think she would get promoted without riding her boss s coattails. My opponent is riding the coattails of the popular governor of… …   New idioms dictionary

• coattails — noun (plural) 1 (ride/hang) on sb s coattails if you achieve something on someone s coattails, you achieve it with the help or influence of someone powerful: A number of Republican congressmen were elected on Reagan s coattails. 2 the cloth at… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ride his coattails — depend on his success, use his success    My dad was a great doctor, but I don t want to ride his coattails …   English idioms

• ride coattails —    If you use your connections with someone successful in order to achieve fame or success for yourself, without any personal effort, youride their coattails.     He rode his uncle s coattails in the hope of being elected …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Reagan's coattails — Reagan’s coattails refers to the influence of Ronald Reagan’s popularity in elections other than his own, after the American political expression to “ride in on another’s coattails.” Chiefly, it refers to the “Reagan Revolution” accompanying his… …   Wikipedia

• DC Streetcar — For the historic streetcar system in Washington and Maryland, see Streetcars in Washington, D.C.. DC Streetcar An Inekon Trio streetcar to be used on the Anacostia line of the DC Streetcar system …   Wikipedia

• coattail — [kōt′tāl΄] n. the back part of a coat below the waist; esp., either half of this part when divided, as on a swallow tailed coat ☆ ride on someone s coattails or hang on someone s coattails to have one s success dependent on that of someone else …   English World dictionary