under\ the\ thumb

under\ the\ thumb
• under (some)one's thumb
• under the thumb
adj or adv. phr.
Obedient to you; controlled by you; under your power.

The Jones family is under the thumb of the mother.

Jack is a bully. He keeps all the younger children under his thumb.

The mayor is so popular that he has the whole town under his thumb.

Compare: jump through a hoop

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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