- wait on someone hand and foot
- ► wait on someone hand and foot attend to someone's needs or requests, especially when excessive.Main Entry: ↑hand
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wait on someone hand and foot
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wait on someone hand and foot — wait on (someone) hand and foot to do everything for another person. You should do some of the work around here instead of being waited on hand and foot all the time. Usage notes: often used as a negative remark about someone thought of as… … New idioms dictionary
wait on someone hand and foot — attend to all someone s needs or requests, especially when unreasonable. → hand … English new terms dictionary
wait on someone hand and foot — attend to all someone s needs or requests, esp. when this is regarded as unreasonable … Useful english dictionary
wait on hand and foot — wait on (someone) hand and foot to do everything for another person. You should do some of the work around here instead of being waited on hand and foot all the time. Usage notes: often used as a negative remark about someone thought of as… … New idioms dictionary
hand and foot — adverb in all ways possible they served him hand and foot * * * adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hand and fōt 1. : in a way to prevent escape or totally impede action bound the prisoner hand a … Useful english dictionary
hand and foot — idi with slavish attentiveness: to wait on someone hand and foot[/ex] … From formal English to slang
wait on hand and foot — {v. phr.} To serve in every possible way; do everything for (someone). * /Sally is spoiled because her mother waits on her hand and foot./ * /The gentlemen had a valet to wait on him hand and foot./ Compare: HAND AND FOOT … Dictionary of American idioms
wait on hand and foot — {v. phr.} To serve in every possible way; do everything for (someone). * /Sally is spoiled because her mother waits on her hand and foot./ * /The gentlemen had a valet to wait on him hand and foot./ Compare: HAND AND FOOT … Dictionary of American idioms
wait\ on\ hand\ and\ foot — v. phr. To serve in every possible way; do everything for (someone). Sally is spoiled because her mother waits on her hand and foot. The gentlemen had a valet to wait on him hand and foot. Compare: hand and foot … Словарь американских идиом
wait on smb's hand and foot — serve in every possible way, do everything for someone He always waits on his wife hand and foot … Idioms and examples
