be under thumb

be under somebody's thumb

if you are under someone's thumb, they control you completely The committee is firmly under his thumb and will agree to whatever he asks. (British & Australian informal)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arbuthnot	[a:'bʌθnət]
Henrikas	-	Lithuanian
Ainslie	['einzli]
Titu	-	Old Church Slavic
Dharma	-	Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Nepali
Tenzin	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese