have (someone) under (one's) thumb

To maintain authoritarian control over someone; to continually force someone to submit to one's will. They seem happy when they're out and about, but I hear that Johnny has his husband completely under his thumb when they're at home. Although the job was well paying, I couldn't stand the way the boss had me under his thumb.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Oghenekaro	-	Western African, Urhobo
Letizia	le-TEE-tsyah	Italian
Salina	-	English
Bonita	[bə'ni:tə]
Zornitsa	-	Bulgarian
Alfredo	ahl-FRE-do (Italian), ahl-FRE-dho (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese