用ride a wave表达“乘浪前行”

短语ride (on) a wave of something的意思就是乘风破浪，比喻借助某事从中受益。

• The candidate is riding on a wave of popularity and is expected to win the election.
• British athletes rode a wave of patriotism during the London Olympics, winning more medals than the country ever had before.

值得注意的是，短语to take someone for a ride的意思是玩弄或欺骗某人。

• I trusted Ben, but he took me for a ride. He sold me a ticket to the Kanye West show, but in fact it wasn‘t a real ticket: it was just a photocopy.