ride on the pig’s back —(coll.) experience a period of success; enjoy extreme good fortune:
- The self-employed are leaving the country…. If the place is such a goldmine why do they not stay and continue riding on the pig’s back?
ride on the sheep’s back—(Austral. sl.) used pertaining to the success of the Australian sheep industry (a pun on the former expression):
- After riding on the sheep’s back, will Australia end up exporting our ideas and knowledge to the world?