eat out of someone's hand

eat out of someone's hand
To behave in a docile, submissive way towards somebody.

When a woman has her husband eating out of her hand, says Washout, you can bet she also has him eating out of cans.


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  • eat out of someone's hand — see ↑eat • • • Main Entry: ↑hand …   Useful english dictionary

  • eat out of someone's hand — idi eat out of someone s hand, to be totally submissive to another …   From formal English to slang

  • eat out of someone's hand —    If you eat out of somebody s hand, you are eager to please and will accept to do anything that person asks.     She is so persuasive that she has people eating out of her hand in no time …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • eat out of someone's hand — accept control and influence of another …   English contemporary dictionary

  • eat out of one's hand — {v. phr.}, {informal} To trust someone fully; believe or obey someone without question. * /The governor has the reporters eating out of his hand./ * /Helen is so pretty and popular that all the boys eat out of her hand./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • eat out of one's hand — {v. phr.}, {informal} To trust someone fully; believe or obey someone without question. * /The governor has the reporters eating out of his hand./ * /Helen is so pretty and popular that all the boys eat out of her hand./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • eat\ out\ of\ one's\ hand — v. phr. informal To trust someone fully; believe or obey someone without question. The governor has the reporters eating out of his hand. Helen is so pretty and popular that all the boys eat out of her hand …   Словарь американских идиом

  • be eating out of someone's hand — to be completely controlled by someone He had them eating out of his hand. [=he controlled them completely] • • • Main Entry: ↑eat …   Useful english dictionary

  • hand — [hand] n. [ME < OE, akin to Goth handus < base of hinthan, to seize (hence, basic sense “grasper”) < ? IE base * kent , ? to seize] I 1. the part of the human body attached to the end of the forearm, including the wrist, palm, fingers,… …   English World dictionary

  • hand — /hænd / (say hand) noun 1. (in humans) the terminal, prehensile part of the arm, consisting of the palm and five digits. 2. the corresponding part of the forelimb in any of the higher vertebrates. 3. the terminal part of any limb when prehensile …  

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