have (someone) under (one's) wing
have (someone) under (one's) wing
To be someone's benefactor, tutor, protector, caretaker, or nurturer. It has somehow become part of my job that, after every graduation cycle from the local university, I have three or four new interns under my wing. Our parents died when we were quite young, so my grandmother had me and my sister under her wing for most of our lives.
See also: have, wing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- look after
- look after (someone or something)
- have a job
- have a job doing/to do something
- take (someone) under (one's) wing
- take someone under your wing
- take/have somebody under your wing
- cover
- grab (someone or something) by the throat
- grab someone/something by the throat