under someone's thumb

Related to word: thumb

Idiom

Definition

  1. Being completely controlled or dominated by someone.

    在某人的控制或支配之下。

    • She has been completely under his thumb since she married him.

      自從她嫁給他後,她就完全在他的控制之下。

    • The manager always keeps his subordinates under his thumb, never giving them any autonomy.

      經理總是讓他的下屬在他的控制之下,從不給他們任何自主權。

    • The residents of the small town seem to be under the thumb of the mayor.

      這個小鎮的居民似乎都在鎮長的控制之下。