Translation

• lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
• fig. to ride on sb else's success
• Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
• Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

Synonyms

• 一步登天, 升官进爵, 夫贵妻荣, 官运亨通, 平步登天, 平步青云, 扶摇直上, 提级, 步步高升, 直上云霄, 青云直上