coattail

1.resigned on the coattails of the scandal.

因丑闻而辞职

2.elected to office on the coattails of a popular governor.

由于一爱戴的官员的帮助而被推选到政府机关

3.Knowing the lrishman to be hottempered, the Welshman trailed his coattails talking loudly about the "dirty lrish" just in order to anger him.

这个尔士知道那个爱尔兰生性暴躁，故意寻衅，谈论着“讨厌的爱尔兰”，就是想气气他。