eat out of hand
eat out of (one's) hand
To be completely accepting of whatever one says or requires. You can tell the candidate has his followers eating out of his hand—they'll believe anything he says, no matter how plainly false.
See also: eat, hand, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
eat out of someone's hand
Fig. to do exactly as someone says; to grovel to someone. I've got her eating out of my hand. She'll do anything I ask. He will be eating out of your hand before you are finished with him.
See also: eat, hand, of, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
eat out of (someone's) hand
To be manipulated or dominated by another.
See also: eat, hand, of, out
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
eat out of someone's hand, to
To be quite submissive. This expression, referring to a tame animal eating from a person’s hand, dates from the early twentieth century. “He’s like that,” wrote Joseph Conrad (Victory, 1915), “sometimes that familiar you might think he would eat out of your hand.”
See also: eat, of, out
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- eat out of (one's) hand
- eat out of someone's hand
- eat out of someone's hand, to
- have (someone) eating out of (one's) hand
- have somebody eating out of your hand
- have someone eating out of your hand
- have (someone) eating out of the palm of (one's) hand
- eat for two
- eating
- What’s eating someone?