putty in your hands

putty in (one's) hands

Easy to control or bend to one's wishes. (Putty is a very malleable material.) Oh, come on, Julia is putty in our hands—we can definitely get her to help us with this prank.
See also: hand, putty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

putty in your hands

If someone is putty in your hands, they will do anything you ask them to do. Simon proved to be putty in his hands. I was completely in awe of him — I was putty in his hands. Note: You can also just say that someone is putty. Sometimes he'd do something like bring her a box of chocolates and she would be putty for a week. Note: Putty is a thick paste that is used to fix sheets of glass into window frames.
See also: hand, putty
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • putty in (one's) hands
  • putty in hands
  • putty in somebody's hands
  • putty in someone's hands
  • be like putty in someone's hands
  • be putty in (one's) hands
  • putty
  • be an easy touch
  • bend over
  • above bend
References in periodicals archive
Caption: PUTTY IN YOUR HANDS: New Arglio induction-ready cookware from Belgian manufacturer Beka is made from pressed aluminum with a nonstick coating inside and a soh-touch Bakelite handle.
4 Knead a ball of putty in your hands to make it pliable and squeeze it between your thumb and forefinger to form a layer around the window.
Once the primer's dry, knead the putty in your hands until it's pliable and then put a layer (about 3mm thick) in the rebate, squeezing it out between your thumb and first finger.
"Nakedness should reduce even the coldest fish of a man to putty in your hands," she says.
Mould the putty in your hands to get it soft and easy to work with.
Big Hair Putty In Your Hands Texturiser, pounds 4.49.