尻に敷かれる

[shiri-ni-shikareru]


Literal translation:

under someone’s buttocks.


Meaning:

completely controlled by someone

under someone’s thumb (English idiom)


Example:

彼は妻の尻に敷かれている。

He is under his wife’s thumb.



Japanese Idioms and Proverbs

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