10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EAT OUT OF SOMEONE'S HAND»
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eat out of someone's hand and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
to eat out of house and home IE •"tftfrHSM 9M (Do you want to eat me nut of
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The American Heritage Dictionary
of Idioms, Second Edition
eat out of someone's hand 130 eating me up? I haven't done anything wrong.
This slangy synonym for CHEW OUT probably originated as a euphemism for
EAT SOMEONE'S ASS OUT. It dates from the 1940s, the variant from the 1840s.
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Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... 1 very near. 2 very close in time. by hand 1 delivered by personal messenger
rather than through the postal service. 2 performed by a person rather than by a
machine. eat out of someone's hand to comply readily with someone's wishes: ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
... pie to lower oneself or lose dignity, eg by admitting a mistake. • eat one's heart
out to surfer, especially in silence, from some longing or anxiety, or from envy. •
eat one's words to admit that one was wrong. • eat out of someone's hand colhq ...
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
eat out of someone's hand (coll) to be very willing to follow, obey or agree with
someone. — eat one's words to suffer the humiliation of admitting one was wrong
. [OE etan] eatable adj fit to be eaten. — n (usu. in pl) an item of food, e See also ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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Business English Smart Business Talk
Drop The Ball , 83 Drowning In Something , 86 Dry Run , 7 Each [Every] Man For
Himself , 90 Early Bird Gets The Worm (The) , 31 Earn One's Stripes , 7 Eat Out Of
(Someone's) Hand , 60 Eat Out of One's Hand , 7 Elbow Grease , 35 Eleventh ...
Joern Meissner, Tracy C. Yun, 2008
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Stedman's Guide to Idioms: Know the Lingo
Eleventh hour Eat out of (someone's) hand To obey or cooperate with someone.
The nurse 's kind and gentle demeanor led patients to eat out of her hand and
comply with whatever she asked of them. Ebb and flow To decrease and then ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
... from some longing or anxiety, or from envy, eat one's words to admit that one
was wrong, eat out of someone's hand colloq to be very willing to follow, obey or
agree with them, what's eating you, him, etc? what's bothering you, him, etc? o
eat ...
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary
of American Idoms and Phrasal Verbs
I'm tired. 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 anythingI ask. He will be
eating out of your hand before you are finished with him. eat someone out† Go ...
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NTC's Pocket Dictionary
of Words and Phrases
... hand → come away empty-handed → dirty one's hands → do something by
hand → eat out of someone's hand → fold one's hands → force someone's hand
→ from hand to hand → get one's hands dirty → get the upper hand (on someone
) ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EAT OUT OF SOMEONE'S HAND»
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eat out of someone's hand is used in the context of the following news items.
UP ranch saves bear orphans, one cub at a time
The cubs can't eat out of someone's hand, either. Instead, a cub stands on a little wood stool in a fenced-in pen, and the visitor can pet it and ... «Lansing State Journal, Sep 14»
John Carlisle: UP ranch saves orphan bears, one cub at a time
The cubs can't eat out of someone's hand, either. Instead, a cub stands on a little wood stool in a fenced-in pen, and the visitor can pet it and ... «Detroit Free Press, Aug 14»
Fat cat abandoned in Fredericton, now on diet
“He'll eat anything based with gravy,” said Garon, who discovered Tiny was a pampered cat who prefers to eat out of someone's hand, rather ... «Toronto Star, Jan 12»
