coattails /ˈkəʊtteɪlz/

• 1. 

  N-PLURAL Coattails are the two long pieces at the back of a . (燕尾服的)后摆 [oft poss N]

• 2. 

  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]

  例：

  They accused him of riding on the coat-tails of the president.

  他们指责他借了总统的光。