UNDER ONE'S THUMB

Definition: UNDER ONE'S THUMB

UNDER ONE'S THUMB

1. Completely under one's power or influence; in a condition of subservience. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Authority

Have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip; gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost; boss; override, overrule, overawe; lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches; have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb; be master of the situation; take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion; give the law to; carry with a high hand; lay down the law; "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm"; rule with a rod of iron; (severity).

Subjection

Adjective: subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved; Verb: constrained; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of; under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of; at the feet of; at one's beck and call; (obedient); liable; parasitical; stipendiary.

Expressions using "UNDER ONE'S THUMB": get under one's thumb ♦ have smb. under one's thumb ♦ have under one's thumb. Additional references.

Albanian

e kam nën zapt dikë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تحت نفوذ, ‏تحت سلطة, ‏تحت التهديد, ‏تابع (adherent, attached, citizen, dependent, disciple, follow, follow up, follower, following, forward, function, get on, go ahead, keep an eye on, page, post, press, pursue, put up with, redirect, satellite, send on, sub, subject, subordinate, subsequent, subservient, subsidiary, tributary, underlying, urge, vassal). (various references)

Czech

mít pod palcem (have under one's thumb). (various references)

French

sous l'autorité de, sous la menace, sous la coupe de qn. (various references)

Hungarian

uralom alatt. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

牛耳る (to control, to have under one's thumb, to take the lead in). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎゅうじる (to control, to have under one's thumb, to take the lead in). (various references)

Pig Latin

erunday one'say umbthay

Romanian

ţine sub papuc (have under one's thumb). (various references)

Russian 

под чьим-л. влиянием. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pod uticajem (thumb: under one's thumb). (various references)

Spanish

dominado por. (various references)

Swedish

hålla ngn. i ledband (have smb. under one's thumb). (various references)

Ukrainian

під каблуком. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: outnumbered.

-5 letters: burdensome, endotherms, outnumbers, surmounted, thunderous, tremendous, undertones, unnumbered.