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
JeniJEN-eeEnglish (Modern)
Irenkaee-REN-kah (Polish)Polish, Czech
Medeamə-DEE-ə (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized), Georgian
Viktoriavik-TO-ree-ah (German), veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Nigel['naidʒəl]
Hludowig-Ancient Germanic