under someone's thumb

Controlled or dominated by someone, as in He's been under his mother's thumb for years. The allusion in this metaphoric idiom is unclear, that is, why a thumb rather than a fist or some other anatomic part should symbolize control. [Mid-1700s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Salina	-	English
FrÍ&Eth;A	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Adelmar	-	Ancient Germanic, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Fulvius	-	Ancient Roman
Kristoffer	KREES-tof-fer (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Kamal (2)	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali