See be putty in someone's hands on Wiktionary
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"parents": [],
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"name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
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"etymology_text": "wörtlich: „[wie] Kitt in der Händen sein“; siehe putty, hand",
"forms": [
{
"form": "be like putty in someone's hands",
"tags": [
"variant"
]
}
],
"hyphenation": "be put·ty in some·one's hands",
"lang": "Englisch",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
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"glosses": [
"einfach oder leicht beeinflussbar oder manipulierbar sein"
],
"id": "de-be_putty_in_someone's_hands-en-phrase-GkhuxY7e",
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"translations": [
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "einfach oder leicht beeinflussbar oder manipulierbar sein",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "Wachs in jemandes Händen sein"
}
],
"word": "be putty in someone's hands"
}
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"Englisch",
"Redewendung (Englisch)",
"Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
"siehe auch"
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"tags": [
"variant"
]
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],
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"einfach oder leicht beeinflussbar oder manipulierbar sein"
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"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "einfach oder leicht beeinflussbar oder manipulierbar sein",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "Wachs in jemandes Händen sein"
}
],
"word": "be putty in someone's hands"
}
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