guardian angel

guardian angel

1. An angel or other supernatural being who is appointed to protect, guide, or otherwise watch over a particular individual. You're lucky to be alive after that accident! You must have a guardian angel!
2. A person who protects, guides, or otherwise looks after the welfare of someone. Uncle John became my guardian angel after my parents died, always making sure I had everything I needed.
See also: angel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • you're an angel
  • lucky
  • come back to haunt (one)
  • come back to haunt one
  • haunt
  • return to haunt
  • return to haunt (one)
  • a fallen angel
  • fallen angel
  • horror show
References in periodicals archive
Gerald Dumoulin, CEO of Guardian Angel, said the merger is the result of an environment of increased competition and economic pressures that has made it increasingly difficult to continue growing and providing all the products that its members need.
The television spots are supported through a print campaign with the same guardian angel protesting the loss of his job due to the Sonata's safety systems.
Andreas "Hawk" Schoyen, UK director of crimebusters Guardian Angels, said: "We would definitely like Alan to join us.
A further 5% - or one in 20 - told the ICM poll conducted last week that they thought they had seen or heard an angel, with 29% saying they believed a guardian angel was watching over them.
"I blessed myself, said a little prayer, and I just sat in the silence and I said three times, 'Welcome guardian angel. Welcome.' "And as I said that, the most beautiful feeling just travelled up all over my body.
Although beaten easily on her hurdling debut at Leicester in January, Our Guardian Angel can improve on that over today's longer trip.
It opens with Benny addressing the audience and explaining how he needs to get his wings as a guardian angel.
Kathy Clark's Guardian Angel House, is one of those rare gems that makes a parent's life much easier in our quest to expose our children to the rich cultural heritage of Catholicism.
Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Guardian Angel Group, and members of its management as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based.
Meet Noah Sarka seasoned Guardian Angel sent back to Earth as a handsome sixteen-year-oldready to redeem his fatal mistake the last time he was on Earth.
One angler who reads my column (bless him and his reading habits!) said that my "guardian angel" was to blame.
LSJ is thanking her guardian angel for looking out for her.
Strategic marketing and the future of consumer behavior; introducing the virtual guardian angel.
For the First Communion recipient who has everything, there's the Comfy Cozy glow-in-the-dark guardian angel pillowcase (comfycozy.com).
Kimber's new non-lethal alternatives, The Guardian Angel and the JPX, have made those issues a thing of the past.