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thumb

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ALL THUMBS,

GREEN THUMB,

TURN THUMBS DOWN,

TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS,

UNDER ONE'S THUMB or UNDER THE THUMB OF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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