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
Deforest	də-FAWR-əst	English
Paulina	pow-LEE-nah (Spanish, Polish), paw-LEEN-ə (English)	Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish, Lithuanian, English, Ancient Roman
Hussein	-	Arabic
Nobu	no-boo	Japanese
Carme (2)	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
EstefanÍA	es-te-fah-NEE-ah	Spanish