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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"...waiting on her aunt, hand and foot"?

What does it mean by '...waiting on her aunt, hand and foot'? This is an example sentence for the idiom 'wait on'.

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To "wait on someone hand and foot" means to do everything for them, like a servant would. I suppose it means that the servant uses her hands and feet so that the person being waiting on does not have to do any work for herself. It implies being ready to fulfill every little command or desire that a person might have.

— Khoff

  • To "wait on someone hand and foot" means to do everything for them, like a servant would.
  • I suppose it means that the servant uses her hands and feet so that the person being waiting on does not have to do any work for herself.
  • It implies being ready to fulfill every little command or desire that a person might have.
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To "wait on someone hand and foot" means to do everything for them, like a servant would. I suppose it means that the servant uses her hands and feet so that the person being waiting on does not have to do any work for herself. It implies being ready to fulfill every little command or desire that a person might have.
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Ah. So that's what it means. Thanks khoff.

PBF
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What about '...waiting on a party of six'? Does it mean waiting on a table which sits six people?

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PBF
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Usually "waiting on" means "serving" -- the waiter could say, "I'm waiting on a party of six, so I should get a good tip." (A "party of six" is a group of six people in a restaurant.) But some people say "waiting on" to mean "waiting for" (which, in my humble opinion, just confuses things!) If the hostess in a restaurant is "waiting on a party of six," she is probably waiting for them to
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