(LIKE) PUTTY IN SB'S HANDS

Meaning of (LIKE) PUTTY IN SB'S HANDS in English

easily controlled or influenced by another person :

She'll persuade him. He's like putty in her hands.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PUTTY — I. ˈpəd.]ē, -ət], ]i\ noun ( -es ) Etymology: French potée putty, potful, from Old French, potful, from pot — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
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SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
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SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
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HANDS — plural of hand present third singular of hand
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUTTY — (v. t.) To cement, or stop, with putty.
Английский словарь Webster
PUTTY — ( v. t. ) To cement, or stop, with putty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUTTY — putty 1 /put"ee/ , n. , pl. putties , v. , puttied, puttying . n. 1. a compound of whiting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUTTY — v. caulk, seal with soft material, cover cracks or holes with putty
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HANDS — n. force of workers that is available, workforce
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PUTTY — I. ˈpə-tē noun ( plural putties ) Etymology: French potée potter's glaze, literally, potful, from Old French, from pot pot …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUTTY — vt to cement, or stop, with putty. 2. putty ·add. ·noun a ball made of composition and not gutta percha. …
Webster English vocab
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
HANDS — with reference to someone's power or control: → hand
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUTTY — [put.ty] n, pl putties [F potee potter's glaze, lit., potful, fr. OF, fr. pot pot--more at pottage] (ca. 1706) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUTTY — cementing material made of whiting (finely powdered calcium carbonate) and boiled linseed oil. It is beaten or kneaded to the …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUTTY — put ‧ ty /ˈpʌti/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: potée 'potful, putty' , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUTTY — n. & v. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a cement made from whiting and raw linseed oil, used for fixing panes …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUTTY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. a cement made from whiting and raw linseed oil, used for fixing panes …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUTTY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I stretched out a hand, and she was putty - the licking, wagging kind. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUTTY — [noun] [U] - a soft oily clay-like substance which is used esp. for fixing glass into window frames or for …
Cambridge English vocab
HANDS — [plural] [noun]I'm worried about confidential information falling into the wrong hands (= being received by people who could use it …
Cambridge English vocab
HANDS — Synonyms and related words : administration, authority, claws, clutches, command, control, disposition, domination, dominion, empery, empire, fighting force, firepower, forces, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANDS — n. pl. See clutches .
Dictionary of English Synonyms
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
HANDS — • ↑ be in good/safe hands • ↑ be out of sb's hands/be no longer in sb's hands • ↑ …
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SB — Should Be Slow Blow (type of electric fuse) Sweater Boy For more possible definitions for SB , click here ©1988-2002, …
Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PUTTY — 1. сущ. 1) (оконная) замазка, шпаклевка (тж. glazier's putty) 2) порошок, мастика или смесь для шлифовки/полировки (тж. jeweller's putty) ∙ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANDS — "чистые руки", честность и безупречность поведения Руки in solicitors' ~ под контролем адвокатов
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANDS — Рука
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PUTTY — _I 1. ʹpʌtı n 1. порошок, мастика или смесь для шлифовки или полировки ( тж. polisher's putty, jeweller's putty, putty …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIKE — like.ogg _I 1. laık n 1> чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PUTTY — 1) шпатлёвка; замазка; мастика 2) полировальный состав • putty and-plaster — известково-гипсовый или известково-цементный штукатурный раствор - bed putty - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PUTTY — 1) шпатлёвка; замазка; мастика 2) полировальный состав • putty and-plaster — известково-гипсовый или известково-цементный штукатурный раствор - bed putty - face putty - glazier's putty - hard …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PUTTY — 1) замазывать 2) машиностр. мастика 3) шпаклевать 4) шпаклевка 5) шпатлевочный • - glazier's putty - glue putty - putty in place - putty varnish - red-lead putty - resin putty - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PUTTY — putty сущ.1) (оконная) замазка, шпаклевка (тж. glazier's putty) 2) порошок, мастика или смесь для шлифовки/полировки (тж. jeweller's putty)•• up to …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PUTTY — _I 1. ʹpʌtı n 1. порошок, мастика или смесь для шлифовки или полировки ( тж. polisher's putty, jeweller's putty, putty …
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