Meanings (ES + gloss)
faldón trasero
The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.
At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and a…
éxito transferido
Success of a figure, organization or movement that transfers to those who associate with it.
Mr Obama’s coat-tails may help lift Wall-Street-basher Elizabeth Warren past pickup-driving Everyman and one-time nude pin-up Scott Brown in Massachusetts[…].
to ride the coattails
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