| 单词 | putty in someone's hands |
| 释义 | putty in someone's handsA 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. Words nearby putty in someone's handsput to shame, put to sleep, put to the test, put two and two together, putty, putty in someone's hands, putty knife, putty powder, puttyroot, Putumayo, put-up The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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