dress coat tails 燕尾服礼服 ; 燕尾服
riding someone else's coat tails 借助成功人士的关系
dress coat tails detail 燕尾服礼服
N-PLURAL Coattails are the two long pieces at the back of a . (燕尾服的)后摆 [oft poss N]
PHRASE If you do something on the coattails of someone else, you are able to do it because of the other person's success, and not because of your own efforts. 借光 [usu PHR after v]
They accused him of riding on the coat-tails of the president.
他们指责他借了总统的光。
He sat and smiled, and the water dripped off his coat tails. Mrs. Tittlemouse went round with a mop.
他微笑着坐在那里，水从他的大衣后摆滴下来。点点鼠太太拿着拖把围着他转个不停。
Paraguay will hope to hang on to Italy's luxurious coat tails and if their performance in qualifying is any measure of their ability then they should join the holders in round two.
巴拉圭寄希望于抓住意大利人那奢华的燕尾服，如果在预选赛中的表现能够恰如其分地反映他们的能力，那么他们应与卫冕冠军携手出线，跻身第二轮。
She got where she is today on her brother's coat-tails.
她倚仗她兄弟的声望爬上了今天的位置。
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