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
RudolphROO-dahlfEnglish
Konstantinakon-stahn-DEE-nahGreek
Elissa (2)-English
Gethsemanegeth-SEM-ə-nee (English)Biblical
LeopoldLE-o-pawlt (German), LAY-o-pawlt (Dutch), LEE-ə-pold (English), le-AW-pawlt (Polish)German, Dutch, English, Slovene, Polish
Galya-Russian