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under someone's thumb
idiom
under someone's control: 在（某人的）支配下
He's got the committee firmly under his thumb - they agree to whatever he asks.他已牢牢地掌控了委员会——他们同意他提出的任何要求。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lack of freedom to act
be in bondage to somethingidiom
be locked in something
bondage
bound
boxed in
disempowering
disenfranchisement
heel
lock
non-voluntary
nonindependence
regimented
servitude
shackle
someone's hands are tiedidiom
tethered
thumb
tie
tie someone to something/someone
unfreedom
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