Under sb's thumb

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Under sb's thumb 

 To be under someone’s thumb means to be completely controlled or dominated by another person.

Examples:

1-  He’s always been under his boss’s thumb, too afraid to say no.

2- The young woman was independent at first, but later found herself under her partner’s thumb.