have (someone) under (one's) wing

To be someone's benefactor, tutor, protector, caretaker, or nurturer. It has somehow become part of my job that, after every graduation cycle from the local university, I have three or four new interns under my wing. Our parents died when we were quite young, so my grandmother had me and my sister under her wing for most of our lives.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hildred	-	English
Alexandra	al-əg-ZAN-drə (English), ah-lek-SAHN-drah (German, Romanian, Spanish, Italian), ah-lək-SAHN-drah (Dutch), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Portuguese), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Brazilian Portuguese)	English, German, Dutch, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian,
Manley	MAN-lee	English
Yohanes	-	Indonesian
Dorotheus	-	Late Roman
Ambrosi	-	Georgian