under someone’s thumb

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

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alcides	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Portuguese, Spanish
Mot	-	Near Eastern Mythology
Dickey	['diki]
Dodd	[dɔd]
Gull	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Tadej	-	Slovene