under one's wing
翼下,手下,手中,翼下之臣
Related Words
Definitions
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- : either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- : either of two corresponding parts in flightless birds, which may be rudimentary, as in certain ratite birds, or adapted for swimming, as in penguins.
- : one of the paired, thin, lateral extensions of the body wall of an insect, located on the mesothorax and the metathorax, by means of which it flies.
- : a similar structure with which gods, angels, demons, etc., are conceived to be provided for the purpose of flying.
- : Slang. an arm of a human being, especially a baseball player's pitching or throwing arm.
- : a means or instrument of flight, travel, or progress.
- : the act or manner of flying.
- : something resembling or likened to a bird's wing, as a vane or sail of a windmill.
- : Aeronautics. one of a pair of airfoils attached transversely to the fuselage of an aircraft and providing lift.both airfoils, taken collectively.
- : Architecture. a part of a building projecting on one side of, or subordinate to, a central or main part.
- : Furniture. either of two forward extensions of the sides of the back of an easy chair.
Phrases
- wing it
- clip someone's wings
- in the wings
- left wing
- on the wing
- take flight (wing)
- under someone's wing
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The wing has to be descending for this to happen, and it cannot descend indefinitely.
You can blame the Sixers’ guards and wings for their seeming inability to throw simple entry passes.
Though the California judge’s decision will only impact ride-hailing services, delivery service DoorDash is watching closely from the wings.
Some beetles, though, are beautifully shimmery from tiny structures in their wings.
A host of alternatives to silicon are waiting in the wings, such as photonics, carbon nanotube transistors, and superconducting circuits, but none are close to being able to replace the technology we’ve become so reliant on.
To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
There is, however, a separate wing of AQAP designed to inspire their followers to conduct attacks against the West.
He sometimes surmised that it was because he was too outspokenly identified with the diminished liberal wing of the party.
Limbaugh makes comments like this because his right-wing fans require a non–stop diet of race-baiting red meat.
In other words, this is a very small vast-right-wing-conspiracy.
Done, says he, why let fifty of our men advance, and flank them on each wing.
His idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.
As it was he had to press Nejdi into a fast gallop before he could clear the left wing of the advancing army.
The male Black Redstart has also a white patch on the wing caused by the pale, nearly white, margins of the feathers.