under one's wing
Under one's protection, sponsorship, or tutelage.
He took the promising student under his wing.
wing
UK /wɪŋ/ US /wɪŋ/
noun 5verb 5name 5
Definitions
noun
1
An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
The bird was flapping its wings
2
A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
3
Human arm.
4
Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.
5
One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
verb
1
To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
2
To fly.
Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
3
To add a wing (extra part) to.
4
To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.
5
To throw.
name
1
A surname.
2
A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8822).
3
A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8903).
4
An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.
5
A small town in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.
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