의미: putty

put·ty n. (pl. -ties)

1 [U] 퍼티 《접합제의 일종》

2 마음대로 모양을 바꿀 수 있는 물건; 하자는 대로 하는 사람
glaziers' putty 유리창 접합용 퍼티
jewelers' putty 유리나 금속을 닦는 주석[납] 가루
plasterers' putty 도장(塗裝) 공사용 퍼티
━ vt. (-tied)

1 퍼티로 접합하다

2 퍼티를 칠하다

putty 관용구

putty in one's hands

Idiom(s): putty in one's hands

Theme: INFLUENCE

easily influenced by someone else; excessively willing to do what someone else wishes.
• Bob's wife is putty in his hands. She never thinks for herself.
• Jane's putty in her mother's hands. She always does exactly what she is told.

putty in someone's hands

putty in someone's hands
A person who is easily influenced or malleable, as in Dean adored his little granddaughter; he was putty in her hands. This metaphoric term, first recorded in 1924, transfers the malleable quality of putty to human behavior. Also see twist around one's finger.

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putty 관용구

putty in one's hands

putty in someone's hands

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