under someone’s thumb

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

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lucjusz	LUWTS-yuwsh	Polish
Tahmasp	-	Ancient Persian
Gisa	GEE-zah	German
Stefania	ste-FAH-nyah (Italian), ste-FAHN-yah (Polish)	Italian, Polish
Oleksiy	-	Ukrainian
Ira (2)	-	Russian