Friday, 28 December 2012

Idiom - "To be under the thumb"


“Be under the thumb/have somebody under the thumb” - do everything someone tells you, be completely submissive to the other person
Examples:
“She really has him under the thumb! He does everything she tells him to do!”
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“Are you not coming out to the pub with us tonight?”
“No. I know… I’m completely under the thumb

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