“Have friends in high places”in other languages
Know influential people who can help you.
English
French
Korean
EnglishFrenchKoreanSame idea, different pictures
English has friends in high places. French has a long arm, avoir le bras long, reaching into useful places.
Korean has wide feet, 발이 넓다: you stand in many circles at once.
More sayings in other languages
- Wet behind the ears
- A white elephant
- Wide of the mark
- With one's tail between one's legs
- With pomp and circumstance
- You could have knocked me down with a feather
- Make a mountain out of a molehill
- Kill two birds with one stone
- Put your foot in it