RichThesaurus
have someone in the palm of one's hand
vs
run the show
have someone in the palm of one's hand
verb
To have full control or influence over someone.
run the show
verb
To be the leader, to be in charge
How often have the words
have someone in the palm of one's hand
and
run the show
occurred in a corpus of books?
(source:
Google Ngram Viewer
)