Savile Row, On Obama's Coattails, an Uninvited Rider on the coattails of

伦敦萨 维尔街(Savile Row)礼服（日语中西服这个单词现在仍为Sebiro，虽然多数日本人都不清楚它的起源）。

台灣受日本教育的長輩，也無形中傳下的名西裝街Savile Row （「講臺語的時候，往往把西裝說成Seibiro」）【案：row 意思為「建築物密集成排聚合」A continuous line of buildings along a street.】

On Obama's Coattails, an Uninvited Rider
on the coattails of

Just a month ago, Republican strategists were trying to closely link Democratic House candidates to Sen. Barack Obama, convinced that in certain parts of the country Obama would drag candidates from his own party down to defeat.
(By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)


coattail

n.

1. The loose back part of a coat that hangs below the waist.
2. coattails The skirts of a formal or dress coat.

idiom:

on the coattails of

1. As a result of the success of another: elected to office on the coattails of a popular governor.
2. Immediately following or as a direct result of: resigned on the coattails of the scandal.