get a leg up

1. To receive a physical boost or lift upward. I think I can reach the roof if I can get a leg up from someone.

2. To receive support, encouragement, or an added advantage. Our after-school program is aimed to help students get a leg up in any subject they are having difficulty with. I wouldn't have been able to afford college if I hadn't gotten a leg up from my parents.

词组	get a leg up
释义	get a leg up get a leg up 1. To receive a physical boost or lift upward. I think I can reach the roof if I can get a leg up from someone. 2. To receive support, encouragement, or an added advantage. Our after-school program is aimed to help students get a leg up in any subject they are having difficulty with. I wouldn't have been able to afford college if I hadn't gotten a leg up from my parents. See also: get, leg, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: sugar pill it is better to give than to receive give (oneself) over to (someone or something) give oneself over to be in for a surprise professional victim get credit for get credit for (something) come in for come in for (something)
随便看	say out loud say over say over and over (again) say piece says it all says me Says me! say-so say (something) about (someone or something) say (something) against (someone or something) say (something) behind (one's) back say something behind someone's back say (something) for (someone or something) say (something) in a roundabout (sort of) way say (something) in plain English say (something) in plain language say (something) out loud say (something) to (one) say (something) to (oneself) say (something) to (one's) face says who Says who? says you Says you! say (that)