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Completely controlled by someone; at someone's command.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- She has the entire crew under her thumb. They would do anything for her.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
怕老婆的
(pàlǎopó-de)
— under one's thumb
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Danish:
i sin hule hånd
— under one's thumb
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Finnish:
tossun alla
— under one's thumb
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Finnish:
tossutettu
— under one's thumb
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German:
unter jemandes Fuchtel
— under one's thumb
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Hungarian:
az uralma alatt
— under one's thumb
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Italian:
essere succube (di qualcuno)
— under one's thumb
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Japanese:
女房天下
(nyōbō-tenka)
— under one's thumb
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Japanese:
二本棒
(nihonbō)
— under one's thumb
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Japanese:
鼻下長
(bikachō)
— under one's thumb
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Polish:
pod pantoflem
— under one's thumb
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Polish:
pod batem
— under one's thumb
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Russian:
под башмако́м
(pod bašmakóm)
— under one's thumb
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Russian:
под каблуко́м
(pod kablukóm)
— under one's thumb
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Russian:
подкаблу́чник
(podkablúčnik)
— under one's thumb
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Scottish Gaelic:
fo mhaide na poite
— under one's thumb
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Serbo-Croatian:
у шаци
— under one's thumb
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Serbo-Croatian:
u šaci
— under one's thumb
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Spanish:
macabeo
— under one's thumb
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Welsh:
dan wab
— under one's thumb
