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单词 to turn over the thumb
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to turn over the thumb
b. to bring (a person) above the thumb, to turn over the thumb, to get or have under one's control; cf. ‘to twist round one's finger’. Obsolete.
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society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > have complete control over
windc1374
to bring (a person) above the thumb1469
to have to mastery1480
to have at one's beck1530
to turn and wind1557
to bring any one to, or have him at, one's bent1575
to turn over the thumb1603
to lead in a stringc1616
to hold at school1647
to wind (a person, etc.) round one's (little) finger1698
to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748
to twist (a person) round one's finger1780
to play with ——1827
to have (one) on toast1886
to have (got) by the balls1918
to have the wood onc1926
1469 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 544 Thow thou can begyll the Dwk of Norffolk, and bryng hym abow[t] the thombe as thow lyst, I let the wet thow shalt not do me so.
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 98 The gaine gotten by this playe at Dyce, where all is gotten with a trice ouer the thumbe.
1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. F4 She would haue tickled them, and turned them ouer the thumbs.
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