be under the wing of (someone)

To be protected, tutored, nurtured, or cared for by someone. I was really nervous starting my master's degree, but I was lucky enough to be under the wing of one of the top professors in the university. Our parents died when we were quite young, so my sister and I were under the wing of our grandmother for most of our lives.

词组	be under the wing of (someone)
释义	be under the wing of (someone) be under the wing of (someone) To be protected, tutored, nurtured, or cared for by someone. I was really nervous starting my master's degree, but I was lucky enough to be under the wing of one of the top professors in the university. Our parents died when we were quite young, so my sister and I were under the wing of our grandmother for most of our lives. See also: of, wing Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: be under (one's) wing ham be taken under the wing of (someone) in good hands in safe/good hands fortune is smiling (up)on (someone) fortune smiles (up)on someone fortune smiles on somebody lucky jazzed
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