under someone’s thumb



under someone’s thumb

mod. under someone’s control. You can’t keep your kids under your thumb all their lives.
See also: thumb

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bourgeois['buəʒwa:]
SheenaSHEE-nəScottish, English
SjakieSHAH-keeDutch
Nazaire-French
JoËLzho-EL (French)French, Dutch
Raisel-Yiddish