hang on (someone's) lips

hang on (someone's) lips

To listen very closely, intently, or with obsequious attention to what someone is saying. The politician was so charismatic that he had even his detractors hanging on his lips.
See also: hang, lip, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hang on someone's lips

listen attentively to someone.
See also: hang, lip, on
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See also:
  • hang on someone's lips
  • hang on someone's words
  • hang on (one's) every word
  • hang on (one's) words
  • hang on somebody's words/every word
  • truckle
  • truckle to
  • truckle to (someone or something)
  • cock an ear at (someone or something)
  • cock an ear/eye at somebody/something