- be eating out of someone's hand
- 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]
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
be eating out of someone's hand
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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
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have someone eating out of your hand — to make someone like or admire you so much that they agree with everything that you say … English dictionary
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