Liliputin-4950

The number of blind people riding Trump’s New Clothes coattails is eye-popping ... "
Hans Christian Andersen

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
http://stihi.ru/2021/11/24/7101

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coattails (plural noun)
each of the flaps formed by the lower back of a coat, especially a tailcoat.

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coattail
noun

1: the rear flap of a man's coat
2 coattails plural : the skirts of a dress coat, cutaway, or frock coat
3 coattails plural : the influence or pulling power of a popular movement or person (such as a political candidate)
congressmen riding into office on the president's coattails

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ride (on) the coattails of (someone) (redirected from ride the coattails)
ride (on) the coattails of (someone)
To benefit from someone else's success; to use someone else's success as a means to achieve one's own.
Everyone knows you've been riding on the coattails of the governor these last two years, but once her term ends, you'll be on your own!
Jonathan rode the coattails of his professor to get some recognition for his own work in several esteemed academic journals.
See also: coattail, of, ride
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
See also:
ride (one's) coattails
ride on (one's) coattails
ride on coattails
ride on someone's/something's coat-tails
on the coattails of
on the coattails of (someone)
on the coat-tails of someone/something
on (one's) coattails
on somebody's coat-tails
on someone's coattails

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eye-popping
adjective
informal
astonishingly or strikingly impressive:
"the company has doubled its assets to an eye-popping $113 billion"

mind-boggling

adjective
informal
overwhelming; startling:
"a chip that processes data at mind-boggling speed"
Similar:
impressive
remarkable
extraordinary
outstanding
exceptional
staggering
incredible
amazing