It yelped and pulled the escaping inner self back by its imaginary coattails.

它尖叫着，揪着想象中的大衣衣襟，把逃逸的内在自体拉回来。

To ride someone's coattails is to use your ties to someone else to become successful.

" To ride someone's coattails（靠裙带关系荣升）" 意思是利用你与他人的关系取得成功。

Leo, I'll ride on your coattails any day, man. The view's fantastic.

莱昂纳多，我会继续抱你大腿。抱大腿的感觉真好。

Long coattails are no longer common on modern-day clothing. Yet the expression is still used today.

现代服装里，长燕尾服见了，但这个短语却仍然在使用。

Why ride on someone else's coattails?

为什么要骑在别人的尾巴上?

And saying you are riding someone else's coattails is never a good thing.

说" you are riding someone else's coattails（你是靠某人的关系成功）" 是一件好事。

And I realized, oh, we kind of - we benefited by riding on the coattails of that.

我意识到，哦，我们有点 - 我们受益于这一点。

But personally, I don't tip my hat to anyone who rides someone's coattails.

但是就我个人而言，我会像任何靠关系升迁（rides someone's coattails）的人致敬。

People who know them both say she is riding Felix's coattails. But Felix doesn't care. He likes Catherine.

认识他们俩的人说她是靠关系。但是菲利克斯无所谓。他喜欢凯瑟琳。

But what has surprised him is the rebelliousness of Tories from the largely working-class " red seats" who were carried to the House of Commons on Mr Johnson's coattails.

但令他吃惊的是，保守党人的反叛正来自那些在约翰逊先生的提携下，从工人阶级为主的“红色席位”被带到下议院的人士。

But he said nothing respecting it, and motioned me with a nod into my guardian's room. It was November, and my guardian was standing before his fire leaning his back against the chimney-piece, with his hands under his coattails.

但他对此只字未提，只是点点头示意我进监护人的房间。那是十一月，我的监护人站在他的火炉前，背靠在烟囱上，双手放在燕尾服下。