英语词组under their thumbs是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

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.

*under someone's thumb

Fig. under someone's control and management. (*Typically: get someone ~; have someone ~; hold someone ~; keep someone ~.) You can't keep your kids under your thumb all their lives. I don't want to have these people under my thumb. I'm not the manager type.

under someone's thumb

Controlled or dominated by someone, as in He's been under his mother's thumb for years. The allusion in this metaphoric idiom is unclear, that is, why a thumb rather than a fist or some other anatomic part should symbolize control. [Mid-1700s]

under someone's thumb

COMMON If someone is under another person's thumb, the second person controls them. He's completely under his mother's thumb. It's a wonder he dared move out of his room without her permission. National television is firmly under the thumb of the president. Note: You can also say that someone is under the thumb. Ian told the court how his wife kept him under the thumb during their seven-year marriage.

under someone's thumb

completely under someone's influence or control.

under somebody’s ˈthumb

(informal) completely controlled or influenced by another person: Now that they’re married, she’s completely under his thumb and never sees her old friends.

under (someone's) thumb

Under the control of someone; subordinate to.

under someone's thumb

Under a person’s influence or power. Why the thumb should have been singled out as a symbol of control or power is open to speculation, but it was, and as early as the mid-eighteenth century. “Authors . . . are under the thumb of booksellers,” wrote B. H. Malkin in his translation of Gil Blas (1809). The situation has not changed since Malkin’s day, and the cliché is also very much alive.

词组	under their thumbs
释义	(redirected from under their thumbs) 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. under someone's thumb Fig.* under someone's control and management. (Typically: get* someone ~; have someone ~; hold someone ~; keep someone ~.) You can't keep your kids under your thumb all their lives. I don't want to have these people under my thumb. I'm not the manager type. under someone's thumb Controlled or dominated by someone, as in He's been under his mother's thumb for years. The allusion in this metaphoric idiom is unclear, that is, why a thumb rather than a fist or some other anatomic part should symbolize control. [Mid-1700s] under someone's thumb COMMON If someone is under another person's thumb, the second person controls them. He's completely under his mother's thumb. It's a wonder he dared move out of his room without her permission. National television is firmly under the thumb of the president. Note: You can also say that someone is under the thumb. Ian told the court how his wife kept him under the thumb during their seven-year marriage. under someone's thumb completely under someone's influence or control. under somebody’s ˈthumb (informal) completely controlled or influenced by another person: Now that they’re married, she’s completely under his thumb and never sees her old friends. under (someone's) thumb Under the control of someone; subordinate to. under someone's thumb Under a person’s influence or power. Why the thumb should have been singled out as a symbol of control or power is open to speculation, but it was, and as early as the mid-eighteenth century. “Authors . . . are under the thumb of booksellers,” wrote B. H. Malkin in his translation of Gil Blas (1809). The situation has not changed since Malkin’s day, and the cliché is also very much alive.
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