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
Matildamə-TIL-də (English), MAH-teel-dah (Finnish)English, Swedish, Finnish
Redding[rediŋ]
MilicaMEE-lee-tsah (Serbian, Croatian)Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
MildredMIL-drədEnglish
LauriLOW-reeFinnish
Birgittabir-YIT-tah (Swedish), bir-GIT-tah (Swedish), BEER-geet-tah (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish