eat out of Idioma

eat out of the palm of your hand

do whatever you ask, obey you, win the hearts If you tell the children a story, you'll have them eating out of the palm of your hand.

eat out of one's hands

Idiom(s): eat out of one's hands

Theme: OBEDIENCE

to do what someone else wants; to obey someone eagerly. (Often with have.)
• Just wait! I'll have everyone eating out of my hands. They'll do whatever I ask.
• The president has Congress eating out of his hands.
• A lot of people are eating out of his hands.

make mincemeat out of

Idiom(s): make hamburger out of someone or something AND make mincemeat out of someone or something

Theme: OVERCOME

to beat up or overcome someone or something. (Slang.)
• Stop acting silly, or I'll make hamburger out of you.
• Our team made mincemeat out of the other team.

have someone eat out of your hand

have control over someone: "He has her eating out of his hand - it's sad."

eat out of one's hand|eat|hand

v. phr., informal To trust someone fully; believe or obey someone without question. The governor has the reporters eating out of his hand. Helen is so pretty and popular that all the boys eat out of her hand.

make mincemeat (out) of|make|make micemeat out of|

v. phr. To destroy completely. The defense attorney made mincemeat of the prosecution's argument.

eat out of someone's hand

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 (something) out of (something)

To eat article beeline from its box or container, rather than portioning it assimilate a plate. I can't eat chips out of the bag anymore because I consistently end up bistro all of them!Learn more: eat, of, out

eat (something) out of something

to eat aliment anon from a container, such as a bag, box, can, etc. You shouldn't eat out of the can. Maria was bistro potato chips appropriate out of the bag.Learn more: eat, of, out

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eat one's cake and have it, too eat out of someone's hand eat shit eat someone out eat someone up eat someone's ass out eat someone's lunch eat it up eat like a bird eat like a bird/horse, to eat like a horse eat like a pig eat lunch eat me Eat me! eat my shorts Eat my shorts! eat nails eat off eat one’s gun eat one’s hat eat one’s heart out eat one's cake and have it (too) eat one's cake and have it, too eat one's cake and have it, too, to eat one's hat eat one's hat, to eat one's heart out eat one's heart out, to eat one's words eat one's words, to eat out eat out of eat out of (one's) hand eat out of hand eat out of house and home eat out of someone's hand eat out of someone's hand, to eat pussy eat salt eat salt with eat salt with (someone) eat shit Eat shit! eat somebody alive eat somebody out of house and home eat somebody's lunch eat someone alive eat someone out of house and home eat someone out of house and home, to eat someone’s lunch eat someone's ass out eat someone's dust eat someone's lunch eat something up eat the bread of idleness eat through eat through (something)