eat out of someone's hand

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Meanings:

1.
General Englishliteral
- To accept food directly from another person's hand and eat it.
2.
General EnglishUnited KingdomUnited StatesAustraliaidiomaticcolloquial
- To behave in a docile, overly obedient, or readily influenced way toward someone; to be completely won over or easily controlled by another person.

Examples:

EN: I never seen 'em eat out of someone's hand like that.
ES: Nunca ví comer la mano de alguien así.
EN: I've never seen Erica eat out of someone's hand like that before.
ES: Nunca vi a Erica comer de la mano de alguien.
EN: 12. eat out of someone's hand to be entirely obedient to someone
HI: किसी और के हक पे रोटी तेरी सिक जाए तो
EN: v. Alternative form of eat out of someone's hand.
HI: किसी के हाथ में अनाज का कुछ

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