Idiom: wait on someone hand and foot

Meaning

Idiom: wait on someone hand and foot

to do many different things to serve someone
to serve someone's every need

Example sentences

— When I broke both of my legs my mother had to come over to my place and wait on me hand and foot.

— He’s disgusting—he makes his poor wife wait on him hand and foot while he watches television.

— When you fly Emirates Airlines, they wait on you hand and foot.

— I really enjoy waiting on my wife hand and foot and she really appreciates everything I do.

— It's gross how many old American men go overseas to marry young Asian women who will wait on them hand and foot.

— I hate having others wait on me hand and foot—I prefer to get up and serve myself.

— For Mother's Day, we're going to wait on her hand and foot and also clean the house from top to bottom.

— Our neighbor's nanny just quit and went back to France because they were making her wait on them hand and foot, in addition to taking care of their kids.

— After my mom had a stroke she needed someone to wait on her hand and foot.

— Women who earn money usually are not trapped at home having to wait on their husbands hand and foot.

Synonyms

make a fuss over
roll out the red carpet

Idiom: wait on someone hand and foot

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