under thumb

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   completely controlled by sb

   I got them all under my thumb.

   Forgive me, but with you gone, me and Pete will come under Barzini's thumb.

In the movies · 4

• Within two years the world will be under your thumb!The Great Dictator1940
• Forgive me, but with you gone, me and Pete will come under Barzini's thumb.The Godfather1972
• Look, if you keep 'em under your thumb, they'll never end up in the gutter.A Goofy Movie1995
• Under your thumb!A Goofy Movie1995
• You were never under my thumb.Gone Girl2014
• I got them all under my thumb.Training Day2001
• Better to rot in the gutter than under your thumb.Kung Fu Panda 42024
• I spent six years under his thumb being verbally abused every day.The Pink Panther2006

Learn it in full scenes

• The Godfather1972
  • Bonasera Asks for Justice
  • Woltz Refuses Johnny the Role
  • Vito Refuses Sollozzo's Deal
• Training Day2001
  • Jake's First Day on the Job
  • Alonzo Makes Jake Tell a Story
  • Alonzo's Felony Stop

From the same entry

• be all thumbs
• hold thumbs
• thumbs up
• a rule of thumb
• stand out like a sore thumb
• twiddle your thumbs
• thumb your nose at
• thumb through