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
Sumit	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
Arnoud	-	Dutch
Augustas	-	Lithuanian
Manoel	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
MÅRten	MOR-ten	Swedish
Yosif	-	Bulgarian