wait on someone hand and foot

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Verb

wait on (somebody) hand and foot

(transitive, idiomatic) To attend to (someone's) every need, to the point of excess.
Did you see how she waits on him hand and foot? It's not healthy.

Hypernyms

See Thesaurus:serve

Translations

attend to someone's every need

Chinese:
Mandarin: 當帝王一般地侍候, 当帝王一般地侍候 (dāng dìwáng yībān de shìhòu)
Finnish: hemmotella pilalle
French: être aux petits soins (fr)

Norman: sèrvi au dé et à l'yi
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: выполня́ть любу́ю при́хоть (vypolnjátʹ ljubúju príxotʹ), служи́ть ве́рой и пра́вдой (služítʹ véroj i právdoj) (to serve faithfully)
Spanish: bailarle el agua

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