under someone’s thumb

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

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Liat	-	Hebrew
Walid	-	Arabic
Pauliina	POW-lee:-nah	Finnish
Vojtech	-	Slovak
Kama	-	Hinduism
Abilene	AB-i-leen (English), ab-i-LEE-nee (English)	Biblical