| 单词 | to be putty in a person's hands |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be putty (also to be like putty) in a person's hands b. to be putty (also to be like putty) in a person's hands: to be easily influenced or manipulated by a person. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > be manageable [verb (intransitive)] > be malleable to be putty (also to be like putty) in a person's hands1867 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will > person of weak character or will mush-head1846 to be putty in a person's hands1867 invertebrate1869 jellyfish1883 zob1911 akratic1913 Milquetoast1932 weakie1959 1852 J. M. Field Job & his Children in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. i. 244 You ain't all-killin' pooty, and you don't know much, but then, you've com—com—combustibility of character—putty in the hands of the artist, you know!] 1867 E. D. B. Stoddard Temple House xxv. 230 Sho, they are lumps of putty in her hands. Down she goes on her hams,and every soul of them gets crooked in the knee. 1894 Scribner's Mag. July 77/1 His physical strength seemed to have undergone a complete collapse, until he was like putty in the hands of this strange doctor, whom he obeyed like a child. 1946 W. S. Maugham Then & Now ii. 3 You are infatuated with the man. You're like putty in his hands. 1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird (1975) v. 79 It's only your hands I'm putty in. 1997 Shout 20 June 41/1 If a girl gives me flowers, then I'm putty in her hands. < as lemmas |
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