right-hand man

English

Noun

right-hand man (plural right-hand men)

1. A trusted assistant.

   Synonyms: man Friday, right hand

   • 2014, Christina Lauren, Dirty Rowdy Thing, pages 303–304:

     This guy is the real thing [...] and he's plucked my girl up to be his right-hand man because he knows she's the real deal, too.

Coordinate terms

• right-hand woman

Translations

trusted assistant

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 左膀右臂 (zuǒbǎngyòubì)

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• Finnish: oikea käsi
• French: bras droit (fr) m, factotum (fr) m or f, grouillot (fr) m
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• German: rechte Hand f
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• Italian: braccio destro m
• Japanese: 右腕 (ja) (みぎうで, migiude)
• Korean: 오른팔 (oreunpal)
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• Macedonian: де́сна ра́ка f (désna ráka)
• Malay: orang kanan
• Polish: prawa ręka (pl) f
• Portuguese: braço direito (pt) m
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• Serbo-Croatian: desna ruka (sh) f
• Slovak: pravá ruka
• Spanish: mano derecha (es) f
• Swedish: högra hand c
• Turkish: sağ kol
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