under thumb

*under someone's thumb

Fig. under someone's control and management. (*Typically: get someone ~; have someone ~; hold someone ~; keep someone ~.) You can't keep your kids under your thumb all their lives. I don't want to have these people under my thumb. I'm not the manager type.

under somebody's/something's thumb

also under the thumb of somebody/something

completely controlled by someone or something That girl is totally under her mother's thumb.

under (someone's) thumb

Under the control of someone; subordinate to.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gentius	-	Albanian
Gertrude	[gə:tru:d]
Humbert	HUWM-bert (German), um-BER (French), HUM-bərt (English)	German, French, English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
Channing	CHAN-ing	English (Modern)
Simon	['saimən]
Iisakki	EE:-sahk-kee	Finnish