Question

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“…trying to ride glory on his coattail” is an example of a certain type of figurative language.


What type of figurative language is it?


What does it mean to ride someone’s coattails?

Answer 1

I do believe its an idiom

Answer 2

The figurative language that this seems to be written is between a personification and an idiom.

Riding on someone's coattails means having a dependent success on someone else.