short leash

A phrase that highlights one's lack of independence or autonomy due to being strongly controlled by another. George has been on a short leash with his husband ever since he gambled away their life savings at a poker match. Everyone feels like they're on a short leash at the office ever since that new manager took over.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shirlee	SHUR-lee	English
Roffe	-	Swedish
Hillevi	HIL-le-vee (Swedish), HEEL-le-vee (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish
SeyyİT	-	Turkish
Tercero	ter-THE-ro (Spanish), ter-SE-ro (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Albino	-	Italian, Portuguese, Spanish