wind at (one's) back

A favorable position that encourages forward momentum (as with a ship that has the wind at its back). She really struggled in her studies last year, but she's had the wind at her back ever since changing her major.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sithembile	-	Southern African, Zulu
AndrÉE	awn-DRE	French
Charo	CHAH-ro	Spanish
Grimm	[grim]
Celestino	the-le-STEE-no (Spanish), se-le-STEE-no (Latin American Spanish), che-le-STEE-no (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Manuela	mah-noo-E-lah (German), mah-NWE-lah (Italian)	Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German, Italian