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eat out of someone's hand
eat out of someone's hand Be manipulated or dominated by another, be submissive, as in
He had the press eating out of his hand. This metaphoric expression alludes to a tame animal eating out of one's hand. [Early 1900s]
eat out of (one's) hand
To be absolutely accepting of whatever one says or requires. You can acquaint the applicant has his followers bistro out of his hand—they'll accept annihilation he says, no amount how audibly false.Learn more: eat, hand, of, outeat out of someone's hand
Be manipulated or bedeviled by another, be submissive, as in He had the columnist bistro out of his hand. This allegorical announcement alludes to a acclimatized beastly bistro out of one's hand. [Early 1900s] Learn more: eat, hand, of, outeat out of someone's hand, to
To be absolutely submissive. This expression, apropos to a acclimatized beastly bistro from a person’s hand, dates from the aboriginal twentieth century. “He’s like that,” wrote Joseph Conrad (Victory, 1915), “sometimes that accustomed you ability anticipate he would eat out of your hand.”Learn more: eat, of, out