under smb.'s thumb

under smb.'s thumb: (under smb.'s thumb (тж. under the thumb of smb.))

всецело в руках, под влиянием или во власти кого-л.; ≈ под башмаком (у жены)

...You're going to be able to write. If I could just keep you under my thumb for four or five weeks I think I could make something out of you. (Th. Dreiser, ‘A Book about Myself’, ch. XI) — ...вы научитесь писать. Если бы вас ко мне на выучку хотя бы на месяц, думаю, из вас бы вышел толк.

‘I want you to go on working for me, if you will.’ ‘You'd like to keep me under your thumb, wouldn't you?’ (K. Vonnegut, ‘Player Piano’, ch. V) — - Если ты не возражаешь, я хотел бы, чтобы ты продолжал работать у меня. - Ты хочешь, чтобы я плясал под твою дудку. Разве не так?

She's got them so awed - so positively under her thumb - that it's - it's indecent. (A. Christie, ‘Appointment with Death’, part I, ch. 2) — Матушка Бойнтон держит в ежовых рукавицах всю свою семью и так запугала всех, что это уже выходит за рамки пристойного.

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