eat out of someone's 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.

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 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.”

词组	eat out of someone's hand
释义	eat out of someone's 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 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] See also: eat, hand, of, out The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. 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 See also: eat out of (one's) hand eat out of 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?
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