have (someone) eating out of the palm of (one's) hand

To have great influence over someone. If you want to have someone eating out of the palm of your hand, flattery always helps. The performer was electrifying, and the entire audience was eating out of the palm of his hand by the end of the show. She's another cliché femme fatale character who has men eating out of the palm of her hand.

See also: eating, hand, have, of, out, palm

See also:

be left in charge (of someone or something)
accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
accompany on a journey
be put in charge (of someone or something)
a stranger to (someone or something)
be out of (one's) league
be out of somebody's league
be in bad with (someone)
(one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)

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