under someone’s thumb



under someone’s thumb

mod. under someone’s control. You can’t keep your kids under your thumb all their lives.
See also: thumb

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SelahattİN-Turkish
JuhaniYOO-hah-neeFinnish
Neoptolemus-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
EuniceYOO-nis (English)Biblical, English, Biblical Latin
Keighley-English (Rare)
Chander-Indian, Hindi