someone's right-hand woman

someone's right-hand woman
(someone's) right-hand man/woman someone who helps you with your work and who you depend upon.

How will the Director cope without his right-hand man, who resigned yesterday due to ill health?


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • right-hand woman — (someone s) right hand man/woman someone who helps you with your work and who you depend upon. How will the Director cope without his right hand man, who resigned yesterday due to ill health? …   New idioms dictionary

  • someone's right-hand man — (someone s) right hand man/woman someone who helps you with your work and who you depend upon. How will the Director cope without his right hand man, who resigned yesterday due to ill health? …   New idioms dictionary

  • right-hand man — (someone s) right hand man/woman someone who helps you with your work and who you depend upon. How will the Director cope without his right hand man, who resigned yesterday due to ill health? …   New idioms dictionary

  • hand — 1 noun PART OF THE BODY 1 (C) the part at the end of a person s arm, including the fingers and thumb, used to pick up or keep hold of things: He held the pencil in his right hand. | Go wash your hands. | hold hands: They kissed and held hands. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hand — hand1 W1S1 [hænd] n ↑finger, ↑fingernail, ↑thumb ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of body)¦ 2¦(help)¦ 3¦(control)¦ 4 get out of hand 5 on the other hand 6 hands off 7 in hand …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • right — right1 W1S1 [raıt] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(true/correct)¦ 2¦(suitable)¦ 3¦(side)¦ 4¦(problems)¦ 5¦(morally)¦ 6 that s right 7 right you are 8¦(emphasis)¦ 9¦(health)¦ 10¦(socially)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • right — I [[t]ra͟ɪt[/t]] CORRECT, APPROPRIATE, OR ACCEPTABLE ♦ rights, righting, righted (Please look at category 17 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) ADJ If something is right, it is correct and agrees… …   English dictionary

  • hand — I [[t]hæ̱nd[/t]] NOUN USES AND PHRASES ♦ hands (Please look at category 56 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N COUNT Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. Each hand has four …   English dictionary

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