stand (someone) in good stead

if an experience, a skill, or a qualification will stand you in good stead, it will be useful in the future.

She hoped that being editor of the school magazine would stand her in good stead for a career in journalism later on.

• be left hanging in the air
• be left holding the baby
• be left on the sidelines
• be level pegging
• believe a word of it
• believe it or not
• believe me
• be light-headed
• be light years away
• be light years away from
• be light years away from something
• be like a bear with a sore head
• be like a bull in a china shop
• be like a cat on a hot tin roof
• be like a child in a sweetshop
• be like a deer caught in the headlights
• be like a dog with two tails
• be like a fish out of water
• be like a kid in a candy store
• be like a rabbit caught in the headlights
• be like a red rag to a bull
• be like a spare prick at a wedding
• be like chalk and cheese
• be like Fort Knox
• be like looking for a needle in a haystack