to be putty in someone’s hands

Turkish translation: elinde oyuncak olmak

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English term or phrase:to be putty in someone’s hands
Turkish translation:elinde oyuncak olmak
Entered by: SeiTT

07:24 Mar 22, 2013
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English term or phrase: to be putty in someone’s hands
Greetings

My sentence for translation:
He’s putty in his wife’s hands.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/putty in hands

Best wishes, and many thanks,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:55
elinde oyuncak olmak
Explanation:
your sentence would read: karısının elinde oyuncak olmuş
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Raffi Jamgocyan
Türkiye
Local time: 12:55
Grading comment
Thank you so much for the excellent help.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3parmağında oynatmak
Recep Kurt
4 +2elinde oyuncak olmak
Raffi Jamgocyan


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
elinde oyuncak olmak


Explanation:
your sentence would read: karısının elinde oyuncak olmuş

Raffi Jamgocyan
Türkiye
Local time: 12:55
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you so much for the excellent help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Recep Kurt: Bu da güzel
14 mins
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agree  [Removed] (X)
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
parmağında oynatmak


Explanation:
Parmağında oynatmak: Birine her istediğini yaptırmak, onu kukla gibi kullanmak.
Ref: http://goo.gl/tq5ut

"He’s putty in his wife’s hands."="Karısı onu parmağında oynatıyor."


    Reference: http://deyimler.bilgicik.com/p_harfi_ile_baslayan_deyimler.h...
Recep Kurt
Türkiye
Local time: 12:55
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Özgür Salman
1 hr
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agree  Raffi Jamgocyan: evet bu da olabilir :)
4 hrs
  -> Teşekkür ederim Raffi Bey

agree  skaya: bu daha yakın gibi
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