Wear something like a badge of honor  将计就计 反败为胜The White community of Hong Kong has worn the offensive term "Gweilo" (which is the Cantonese term for ghost) like a badge of honor. Hong Kong-Briton writer Martin Booth famously titled his autobiography, Gweilo.Obama and his supporters have turned the offensive term for the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, into a badge of honor.When Queen Cersei got slapped by King Robert Baratheon, she said that she would wear the bruise like a badge of honor. King Robert told her "Wear it in silence. Or I will honor you again."Definition: To reinterpret something said to be negative about oneself into something positive, thereby negating the harm the word does.Etymology: The earliest use was in the 16th century to describe a medal.***将计就计(turn sb's trick to one's own use) 反败为胜 化悲痛为力量If she has been working on making me step down or leave, I would simply wear it like a badge of honor and join another company that I have been secretly working in for years. 她让我下走人,那我就将计就计,到那家我一直在帮忙的公司去.She has been dumped by many men. But now she has been wearing her unpopularity to the opposite sex like a badge of honor, telling people that she is married herself for a good cause and has no time for men. 她情场不顺,但反败为胜 化悲痛为力量,说她把自己嫁给了事业,没时间和男人打交道.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxRide on one's coattailsIt seems that Sean Lennon has done nothing besides riding on his famous father's coattails.It is better for people not to ride on their parents coattails; otherwise they will end up like Jaycee Chan.Sometimes riding on someone's coattails is positive. Bruce Lee was able to become a child star because his father was already a famous actor in Hong Kong.Definition: To use your connection with someone successful to achieve success yourself.Etymology: Riding on someone's coattails comes from the fashion of a tail on a man's coat. Children could easily grab the coattail and ride along. ***沾光Like it or not, he realized that he had been riding on his father's coattails all his life and whenever he thinks about this he feels so depressed. 他意识到自己一直在沾父亲的光.每次想到这些,他感觉非常沮丧.The later generations of the family have been riding on their forefathers' coattails since they were the pioneers who went to America during the gold rush and accumulated wealth. 这个家族的后代一直在沾先辈的光,他们的祖辈去美国淘金,积累了财富.