1N-PLURAL [oft poss NOUN](燕尾服的)燕尾,后下摆Coat-tails are the two long pieces at the back of a tailcoat . (燕尾服的)燕尾,后下摆
2PHRASE 沾…的光;靠…的提携 If you do something on the coat-tails of someone else, you are able to do it because of the other person's success, and not because of your own efforts. 沾…的光;靠…的提携
They accused him of riding on the coat-tails of the president.