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under one's thumb

[under one's thumb] or [under the thumb] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Obedient to you; controlled by you; under your power. * /The Jones family is under the thumb of the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

thumb

[thumb] See: [ALL THUMBS], [GREEN THUMB], [TURN THUMBS DOWN], [TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS], [UNDER ONE'S THUMB] or [UNDER THE THUMB OF]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

green thumb

[green thumb] {n.}, {informal} A talent for gardening; ability to make things grow. - Considered trite by many. * /Mr. Wilson's neighbors say his flowers grow because he has a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

stick out like a sore thumb

[stick out like a sore thumb] {v. phr.} To be conspicuous; be different from the rest. * /When the foreign student was placed in an advanced English grammar class by […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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