Question of the Day #1126

Jamie Foxx's Daughter Corinne Foxx Almost Changed Last Name So She Wouldn't 'Ride' on His 'Coattails'

From the headline of this article at People.

  上記の文で、on someone's coattailsの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "on someone's coattails" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

（人）の後を追って、（人）の人気を当てにして［に便乗して］、（人）の助け［おかげ］で、（人）に頼って

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Benefiting from someone else's success; using someone else's success as a means to achieve one's own.

 

Examples

1. Everyone knows you've been on the governor's coattails these last two years, but once her term ends, you'll be on your own.
2. A: "I can't believe Jonathan got his paper published in that prestigious journal." B: "Oh, it's only because he's on his professor's coattails."
3. The senator rode into office on the President's coattails.
4. He won the cabinet post by hanging on the senator's coattails.
5. “The inexperienced entrepreneur managed to secure investors by riding the coattails of his well-established business partner.”

   

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