English Explanatory Dictionary

eat out of the palm of someone's hand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To obey, cooperate with, or believe with no resistance or hesitation; to be completely charmed by.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, out of, palm, hand.

Word forms

eat out of the palm of someone's hand eats out of the palm of someone's hand eating out of the palm of someone's hand ate out of the palm of someone's hand eaten out of the palm of someone's hand eat from the palm of someone's hand

Etymology

A reference to the way an animal must be tamed before it will eat from someone's palm.

Related words

wrap around one's little finger
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