2.be somebody’s poodleBritish EnglishBrE informalOBEY if someone is another person’s poodle, they always do what the other person tells them to do 当某人的走狗[走卒]
Examples from the Corpus
poodle• She had also taken my advice and acquired a poodlepuppy.• The playwrightpounces upon the gags like a poodle going after the petits fours.• It had a faintly woolly look to it, like a poodle.• I had my miniaturepoodle with me, of course.• In any case, whatever the rule is, an exception should be made for my poodle as well.• It has to be said poodles suffer from something of an image problem in some quarters.
Originpoodle
(1800-1900)Germanpudel, from pudelhund“dog that splashes in water”