| 词汇 | be under thumb |
| 释义 | Idiom be under thumbbe under (someone's) thumb if you are under someone's thumb, they control you completely.The committee is firmly under his thumb and will agree to whatever he asks. under (one's) thumbUnder 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 thumbFig. 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 Under the control of someone; subordinate to. |
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