under someone's wing

Guided or protected by someone, as in The department head asked Bill to take Joe under his wing during his first few weeks with the firm . This metaphoric term alludes to the mother hen sheltering her chicks. [1200s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Woodard	['wuda:d]
Chasity	CHAS-i-tee	English
Desislav	-	Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Benno	BE-no	German
Selina	-	English
Corneliu	-	Romanian