See eat out of someone's hand on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1954 October 7, Earl Wilson, “Earl Wilson's Broadway”, in Sarasota Herald-Tribune, retrieved 2010-07-20, page 17:",
"text": "When a woman has her husband eating out of her hand, says Washout, you can bet she also has him eating out of cans.",
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"ref": "2003 August 30, Tom Fordyce, “Saturday's Paris diary”, in BBC News, retrieved 2010-07-20:",
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"ref": "2008, Dave Duncan, The Alchemist's Apprentice, →ISBN, page 151:",
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"sense": "to be submissive due to fascination",
"word": "manger dans la main"
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"sense": "to be submissive due to fascination",
"word": "a tenyeréből eszik"
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"word": "comer nas mãos de alguém"
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