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| преуспеть благодаря (кому-либо; To benefit from someone else's success. • Everyone knows you've been riding on the governor's coattails for the last two years. Koan_om) | |||
| пользоваться плодами чужого труда (to benefit from someone else's labor • She did nothing to earn that promotion, she was just riding on the coattails of others Taras); ехать на чужой шее (it implies that one is taking advantage of another person's work or success without contributing anything themselves • The new employee was just riding on the coattails of others and not contributing anything to the company Taras); ехать на чужом горбу (slayer044); пользоваться чужой славой (slayer044); выезжать за чей-то счёт (slayer044) | |||
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| пользоваться чьим-л покровительством (Uniformed people rode on Vladimir Putin's coattails into both federal and local governments Olga Okuneva) | |||
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ride on coattails : 3 phrases in 1 subject |
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