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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) |
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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) |
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пользоваться чьим-л покровительством (Uniformed people rode on Vladimir Putin's coattails into both federal and local governments Olga Okuneva) |
