give (someone) a leg up

informal

to help someone to be more successful.

It must give you a leg up if you want to be an actor and your parents are both in the profession.

• be as thick as thieves
• be as thick as two short planks
• be as thin as all get out
• be as thin as a rake
• be as thin as a stick
• beast of burden
• be as tough as old boots
• be as ugly as sin
• be a sure thing
• be as white as a sheet
• be as white as snow
• beat about the bush
• beat a dead horse
• beat a hasty retreat
• be a tall order
• be at a loose end
• be at a loss
• beat a path to door
• beat a path to someone's door
• beat a retreat
• beat around the bush
• beat at own game
• beat at their own game
• beat back
• beat back something