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Fuchtel {f}; Besen {m} [ugs.] [pej.] (kratzbürstige Frau) ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "Besen"){kind=small} |
shrew; hellcat | |
| Sie hat ihren Mann wirklich unter der Fuchtel. | She really has her husband under her thumb. | |
| jdn. unter der Fuchtel haben [übtr.] [ugs.] | to have so. under one's thumb [fig.] [coll.] | |
| unter jds. Pantoffel stehen [übtr.] [ugs.] | to be under so.'s thumb [fig.] [coll.] |