keep (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 keeps his husband under his thumb at home. Although the job was well paying, I couldn't stand the way the boss kept me under his thumb.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Declan	-	Irish
AgÁTa	-	Czech
Louiza	-	Greek
Reyhangul	-	Uyghur
Sigsteinn	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Zane (2)	-	Latvian