ride a wave of (something)

to be helped by being connected to something attractive or interesting.

The president rode a wave of good feeling among voters that made it impossible for him to lose the election.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of ride a wave (= to stand on a board moving across the rolling surface of the sea)

• someone's right-hand man
• someone's right-hand woman
• someone's stamping ground
• someone's stomping ground
• someone's time is up
• someone's word is law
• someone will be along
• someone will go a long way
• someone won't bite
• someone would not be caught dead
• something and a half
• something be damned
• something can't hold a candle to someone else
• something can't hold a candle to something else
• something comes into head
• something comes into your head
• something else
• something falls on deaf ears
• something from hell
• something goes for
• something goes for someone else
• something goes for something else
• something goes to show
• something goes to show you
• something has more bark than bite