Daily Easy English #1184: Learn how to use "like PUTTY in my hands~" with Coach Shane

Shane Peterson (0:04)

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Hello, everybody. It's time for Daily Easy English Expression, the podcast number 1184

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All right. Today's expression. She's like putty in my hands. She is like, similar to, putty, P-U-T-T-Y, in my hands. Now what is putty?

Putty is a very soft material that you can shape. You can easily shape. You can make it into a ball. You can make it into a square. It's like clay, C-L-A-Y, or dough. Like when you're making bread, you have dough, D-O-U-G-H. It's like dough. But putty is something very specific. It's usually used in like construction and plumbing and things like that. P-U-T-T-Y. Check that word in a dictionary. This expression is excellent. And if you know the definition of putty, P-U-T-T-Y, then it's easy to understand. She's like putty in my hands. Check out the dialogue and then I'll explain.

I'll have my wife bake you a cake, okay? Y-Your wife? What if she doesn't want to? Ha ha ha. Hey, she's like putty in my hands. Oh, great. Chocolate, please.

Are you married? Are you a guy? And are you married? Um, is your wife like putty in your hands?

If that's the case, I'm envious of you. I'm very jealous. Wow. I think I'm jealous. Yeah. Ladies, are you married? Are you putty in your husband's hands? Or is your husband putty in your hands? What does this means? What does it means? What does this mean? It means if somebody is like putty in your hands, you can easily influence the person. You can easily control the person. The person does whatever you want. Isn't that great?

My wife, as of now, she is absolutely not like putty in my hands. Not at all. No. Am I putty in her hands? Much more so. I wouldn't say 100 percent, but if she wants me to do something, I pretty much do it. Yeah, that's pretty much what I do. I do my best, right?

So it's a great expression. It's a funny expression. And usually we use it.

It can be negative, right? Because you're controlling. But you usually we use it jokingly or even romantically. Okay. I want you to be putty in my hands. Tonight, you will become putty in my hands. You will do everything I want you to do. It can be romantic, but it can be negative too. If somebody is manipulating, like really, really controlling another person, that's not nice. But the expression itself is generally very cute. That's today's expression. Join my community. Joining the community is free. And we have free live classes every day for you. You can attend live classes every day. Yeah, free. So join that community, school.com/lme. It's skool.com/l-m-e.

Let's check out the dialogue two more times. And together, let's master English.

I'll have my wife bake you a cake, okay? Y-Your wife? What if she doesn't want to? Ha ha ha. Hey, she's like putty in my hands. Oh, great. Chocolate, please.

I'll have my wife bake you a cake, okay? Y-Your wife? What if she doesn't want to? Ha ha ha. Hey, she's like putty in my hands. Oh, great. Chocolate, please.