to be controlled or strongly influenced by someone in authority, and willing to do whatever they want 受某人的控制[巨大影响]〔因而对其百依百顺〕
The judge was in the defense lawyer’s pocket.
那位法官对辩护律师言听计从。
Examples from the Corpus
be in somebody’s pocket• His hands were in his pockets.• His own left hand, he discovered, was in his trouser pocket.• Policesuggested Profeta may have been planning another killing as the king of clubs was in his pocket.• The door from the kitchen into the mainhall was always double-locked, and the keywas in Billy's pocket.• The keys are in your pocket.• The dilaudid tabswere in the pocket of her cardigan.