eat out of someone's hand

An allusion to the manner in which a tame animal can be fed.

• ""And after all this," I remarked, "I suppose you were ready to eat out of his hand." "Don't be coarse, James. I don't know where you get these vulgar expressions from.""
• "When a woman has her husband eating out of her hand, says Washout, you can bet she also has him eating out of cans."
• "Jana Pittman, the new 400m hurdles world champion, had the media eating out of her hand in the aftermath of her victory."
• "Violetta is well aware of all this and goes out of her way to charm him. . . . He eats out of her hand and would not notice if she fed him rocks."

• putty in someone's hands
• wrap around one's little finger