
To be under someone’s wing means receiving someone’s care and nurturing.
*Typically: get someone under your wing; have someone under your wing, take someone under your wing.
For example:
John wasn’t doing well in geometry until the teacher took him
under her wing.
I had a number of the new workers under my wing for
a few weeks.
I was nervous starting an internship at my uncle’s company,
but it definitely made it easier being under his wing.
Our parents died when we were quite young, so my aunt took us under her wing.
He kind of took me under his wing and showed me the ropes
in my first year.
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A expressão “under your wing” (ou mais comumente “take someone under your wing” significa tomar alguém sob sua proteção, sob sua asa, debaixo da sua asa.
Refere-se a dar apoio, ensinar e ajudar alguém a desenvolver o seu potencial, tal como uma mãe pássaro protege os seus filhotes sob as asas.
This is all so cool!
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