under someone’s thumb
under (one's) thumb
Under another's authoritarian control; continually forced to submit to another's will. They seem happy when they're out and about, but I hear that Johnny is under his husband's thumb at home. Although the job paid well, I couldn't stand the way I was under the boss's thumb.
See also: thumb
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
under someone’s thumb
mod. under someone’s control. You can’t keep your kids under your thumb all their lives.
See also: thumb
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- under (one's) thumb
- under somebody's thumb
- under someone's thumb
- under thumb
- under the thumb of (someone)
- take (someone) at his/her word, to
- get on like a house afire
- get on like a house on fire
- what's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine
- glee