Meaning of under one's thumb | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Completely controlled by someone; at someone's command.

idiomatic

Deutsch unter jemandes Fuchtel

Español macabeo

Suomi tossun alla

Italiano essere succube (di qualcuno)

日本語二本棒女房天下鼻下長

Polski pod batem pod pantoflem

Русский под башмаком под каблуко́м подкаблучник

“She has the entire crew under her thumb. They would do anything for her.”

“...when you find a man under his wife's thumb you can always be sure there's a soft spot in him somewhere.”

“`Fatty's under the thumb. Yeah it's not hard to see who wears the pants in that family. The wuss.'”

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.