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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Have The World Eating Out of Your Hand
With your acrobatics, you could have the world eating out of your hand.
According to dictionaries, a fixed phrase is "have (someone) eating out of (one's) hand". It seems that the writer substituted the world eating for someone eating? Is it acceptable?
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anonymous It seems that the writer substituted the world eating for someone eating? Is it acceptable? Yes.
- anonymous It seems that the writer substituted the world eating for someone eating?
- Is it acceptable?
- Yes.
- When the dictionary uses 'someone', it means you can substitute any word that refers to a person or people.
- 'the world' is used here to mean 'everybody'.
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anonymous It seems that the writer substituted the world eating for someone eating? Is it acceptable?
Yes. When the dictionary uses 'someone', it means you can substitute any word that refers to a person or people. 'the world' is used here to mean 'everybody'.
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