靠關係達成一件事 (to use personal connection so as to achieve something (literally: to pull the garment hem）)
動詞你都係掹衫尾先參加到今次嘅會議。
nei5 dou1 hai6 mang1 saam1 mei5 sin1 caam1 gaa1 dou3 gam1 ci3 ge3 wui6 ji5.
Your strong personal connections are the only reason you can participate in this conference.
靠關係達成一件事 (to use personal connection so as to achieve something (literally: to pull the garment hem）)
動詞你都係掹衫尾先參加到今次嘅會議。
nei5 dou1 hai6 mang1 saam1 mei5 sin1 caam1 gaa1 dou3 gam1 ci3 ge3 wui6 ji5.
Your strong personal connections are the only reason you can participate in this conference.
to be a crutch; to rely on; to be dependent on
呢個懶人如果唔係掹公司高層嘅爸爸衫尾，實畀人炒咗！
This lazy man would have been fired if he did not depend on his father as a company executive!
日木朝日電視早前舉行了《零食總選舉2016》投票活動，早前在網上收集了1萬張選票，在13間食品廠的百多款零食中選出最愛，香港人基本都很喜歡吃日本零食，頭10位有6、7款左右香港都有賣，記者很喜歡吃吃到牙骹痛的Hi-Chew糖，「掹衫尾」入到10大！
TV Asahi held a voting event for the "Snacks General Election 2016" earlier. 10,000 votes were collected online earlier to choose the favorite among 100 and several more snacks from 13 food factories. Hong Kong people basically like it. When it comes to Japanese snacks, about 6 or 7 of the top 10 are sold in Hong Kong. "Hi-Chew", which the reporter likes so much making teeth ache after eating, relied on the previous candies and entered the top 10!
他又透過其過從甚密的退休高級警務人員設下「飯局」，「掹衫尾」與內地駐港公安機構人馬一聚，「拉大旗作虎皮」，企圖以狐假虎威替自己「洗白」，妄想東山再起。