have (someone) under (one's) thumb

To maintain authoritarian control over someone; to continually force someone to submit to one's will. They seem happy when they're out and about, but I hear that Johnny has his husband completely under his thumb when they're at home. Although the job was well paying, I couldn't stand the way the boss had me under his thumb.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Linn	[lin]
Elpidios	-	Late Greek
Niamh	NEEV	Irish, Irish Mythology
Paige	[peidʒ]
Tiziano	tee-TSYAH-no	Italian
Omobolanle	-	Western African, Yoruba