Question of the Day #541

"Post-Brexit Britain will be under Trump’s thumb"

From the headline of this article at Gulf News.

上記の文で、under (someone's) thumbの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "under (someone's) thumb" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

（人）の言いなりになって

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Under another's authoritarian control; continually forced to submit to another's will.

Examples

• They seem happy when they're out and about, but I hear that Johnny is under his husband's thumb at home.
• Although the job paid well, I couldn't stand the way I was under the boss's thumb.
• I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb. 
• She has Rachel firmly under her thumb.
• “But I had let her know I wasn’t going to leave her anything unless she got rid of (her husband) because she was under his thumb.” (The Herald Paladium)

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