lead (one) around by the nose

To exert a high degree of control over someone else. I can't stand the way your mother leads you around by the nose like that and tells you what to do!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adriana	ahd-RYAH-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), ayd-ree-AN-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Hyeon-Jeong	hyun-jung	Korean
Manjula	-	Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam
Ibb	-	Medieval English
Josephine	JO-sə-feen (English), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)	English, German, Dutch
Sadİ	-	Turkish