英语词组wait on hand and foot是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

wait on hand and footwait on (someone) hand and foot

to do everything for another person.

You should do some of the work around here instead of being waited on hand and foot all the time.

Usage notes: often used as a negative remark about someone thought of as unwilling to work

Related vocabulary: wait on someone

wait on (someone) hand and foot

To dote on someone and do everything that they want. I don't know if Tom's relationship with Jeremy is healthy. It seems like he's always waiting on him hand and foot. I hate the way Terrence waits on the boss hand and foot—what a toady!

wait on someone hand and foot

Fig. to serve someone very well, attending to all personal needs. I don't mind bringing you your coffee, but I don't intend to wait on you hand and foot. I don't want anyone to wait on me hand and foot. I can take care of myself.

wait on hand and foot

Do everything for someone, serve someone's every need, as in Her mother has always waited on her hand and foot. [First half of 1300s]

wait on hand and foot, to

To serve someone’s every need, to attend assiduously. This expression is very old indeed; a manuscript of ca. 1330 states “Sche . . . servede hem hande and fete.” In The Perfect Woman (1955) L. P. Hartley wrote, “He has everything he wants and servants who wait on him hand and foot.”

词组	wait on hand and foot
释义	Idiom wait on hand and footwait on (someone) hand and foot to do everything for another person. You should do some of the work around here instead of being waited on hand and foot all the time. Usage notes: often used as a negative remark about someone thought of as unwilling to work Related vocabulary: wait on someone wait on (someone) hand and foot To dote on someone and do everything that they want. I don't know if Tom's relationship with Jeremy is healthy. It seems like he's always waiting on him hand and foot. I hate the way Terrence waits on the boss hand and foot—what a toady! wait on someone hand and foot Fig. to serve someone very well, attending to all personal needs. I don't mind bringing you your coffee, but I don't intend to wait on you hand and foot. I don't want anyone to wait on me hand and foot. I can take care of myself. wait on hand and foot Do everything for someone, serve someone's every need, as in Her mother has always waited on her hand and foot. [First half of 1300s] wait on hand and foot, to To serve someone’s every need, to attend assiduously. This expression is very old indeed; a manuscript of ca. 1330 states “Sche . . . servede hem hande and fete.” In The Perfect Woman (1955) L. P. Hartley wrote, “He has everything he wants and servants who wait on him hand and foot.”
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