eat out of hand

eat out of (one's) hand

To be completely accepting of whatever one says or requires. You can tell the candidate has his followers eating out of his hand—they'll believe anything he says, no matter how plainly false.See also: eat, hand, of, out

eat out of someone's hand

Fig. to do exactly as someone says; to grovel to someone. I've got her eating out of my hand. She'll do anything I ask. He will be eating out of your hand before you are finished with him.See also: eat, hand, of, out

eat out of (someone's) hand

To be manipulated or dominated by another.See also: eat, hand, of, out

eat out of someone's hand, to

To be quite submissive. This expression, referring to a tame animal eating from a person’s hand, dates from the early twentieth century. “He’s like that,” wrote Joseph Conrad (Victory, 1915), “sometimes that familiar you might think he would eat out of your hand.”See also: eat, of, out