I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb.

我无法向你形容，当我看到母亲完全在父亲的控制之下时我有多么痛苦。

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My friend Pete Green is certainly under his wife's thumb.

这个人说：“我的朋友比德·格林完全受他太太的控制。”

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Our family is under my father's thumb.

我们家由我父亲当家。

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On this anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, those who are either ignoring politics or actively supporting the dramatic growth of government need to ask themselves: Do I want to live my life under the thumb of a new master, or do I want to be free?

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