单词 | under the thumb of |
释义 | > as lemmasunder the thumb of g. under the thumb of, entirely at the disposal or direction of, completely subservient to. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > completely subservient to under the thumb of1753 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxix. 181 She..is obliged to be silent. I have her under my thumb. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. xiii. 174 Authors..are under the thumb of booksellers and players. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars ii. 65 The lord was a petty king, having his subjects very much under his thumb. < as lemmas |
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