dance to someone's tune

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11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: danse efter nogens pibe — to do what someone expects
• Dutch: naar iemands pijpen dansen — to do what someone expects
• Finnish: tanssia jonkun pillin mukaan — to do what someone expects
• German: nach jemandes Pfeife tanzen — to do what someone expects
• Italian: ballare al ritmo dettato da qualcuno — to do what someone expects
• Italian: farsi comandare a bacchetta da qualcuno — to do what someone expects
• Japanese: 誰かの言いなりになる (dareka no iinari ni naru) — to do what someone expects
• Japanese: ほいほい従う (hoihoi shitagau) — to do what someone expects
• Norwegian Bokmål: danse etter noens pipe — to do what someone expects
• Persian: به ساز کسی رقصیدن (be sâze kasi raqsidan) — to do what someone expects
• Swedish: dansa efter någons pipa — to do what someone expects