under one's wing en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Under one's protection, sponsorship, or tutelage.
He remained under the great man's wing after graduation.
He took the promising student under his wing.
Now a professor himself he has young students under his wing.
By happy accident, Cyril runs into Samantha (Cécile de France), a single hairdresser who takes him under her wing — first to help him find his missing bike and father, and later, on weekends away from the group home.
2012 March 15, Scott Tobias, “The Kid With A Bike [Review]”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2019:The promising student came under the professor's wing.
Translations (13)
fi siipiensä suojaan (Translations) · sv (ta någon) under sina vingars skugga (Translations) · tr kanadı altında (Translations) · fi suojissaan (Translations) · pl pod swoje skrzydła (Translations) · fi siipiensä alle (Translations) · hu a szárnyai alá (vesz) (Translations) · fi siipiensä suojassa (Translations) · fr sous son aile (Translations) · fr sous l'aile de (Translations) · de jemanden unter seine Fittiche nehmen (Translations) · fi suojiinsa (Translations) · fi siipiensä alla (Translations)