Словосочетания со словом thumb. Страница два
twiddle one's thumbs
To do nothing; be idle.
I'd rather work than stand around here twiddling my thumbs.
under one's thumb
under the thumb of
Obedient to you; controlled by you; under your power.
Jack is a bully. He keeps all the younger children under his thumb.
The Jones family is under the thumb of the mother.
The mayor is so popular that he has the whole town under his thumb.