have somebody eating out of your handCONTROLto have made someone very willing to believe you or do what you want 使某人俯首听命，使某人百依百顺 He soon had the client eating out of his hand. 他很快就使客户言听计从了。
have somebody eating out of your hand• He's brilliant in job interviews -- he always manages to get the panel eating out of his hand.• I introduced Mr Wilkinson to my mother, and within minutes she had him eating out of her hand.• In a second or two a man might have these boys eating out of his hand.
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